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In The News
5 STORY ONE
s Life’s Legos could have been
homegrown
8 ATOM & COSMOS
s Mercury’s complex interior
s Titan’s sky is falling
s Asteroid Vesta has planetlike
layers
s Saturn moon had active past
s Mystery spots on Titan
10 BODY & BRAIN
s Cells foretell cardiac arrest
s Fake memories for mice
s Molecule gets baldness blame
s Retina serves as a window
to brain health
12 MOLECULES
s Opioids in 3-D
s Mashing polymers makes
energy
s New large-scale storage for
hydrogen
14 LIFE
s Triceratops is no Torosaurus
s Carnivores miss the sweetness
s Noise reshapes ecosystem
s Crayfish make big bluffs
16 GENES & CELLS
s New genetic blueprints shed
light on ape family tree
s Genes make bees adventurous
18 ENVIRONMENT
s Nanopollutants bad for blood
vessel function
s Chemicals delay puberty
s Pesticides hurt honeybees
Features
20 VOLCANIC RUSH
COVER STORY: High-speed
cameras are allowing scientists
to better understand the
explosive power of volcanic
eruptions.
By Alexandra Witze
22 THROAT THERAPY
After decades of neglect,
researchers are finally making
progress in understanding the
biology of coughing.
By Laura Beil
26 MIXED RESULTS
Different personalities of
individual animals within a
species can have implications
for the success of the group.
By Susan Milius
Departments
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4 NOTEBOOK
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