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5 STORY ONE
s Prognosticating doom for an
Antarctic ice shelf
8 ATOM & COSMOS
s Early Earth took prolonged
pummeling
s Black hole’s messy meal
9 ENVIRONMENT
s Microbe helps insect beat
pesticide
s Arctic Ocean emits methane
10 EARTH
s Greenland glaciers speed up
and slow down
s Seas’ saltiest spots get saltier
s A halting start to plate
tectonics
12 LIFE
s Albatross forage in classic
pattern
s Egg evolution
s Comb jellies thrive sans adults
s Cricket’s wings make it a
virtuoso chirper
14 GENES & CELLS
s Pearls from bacteria
s Yeast on Zoloft
16 BODY & BRAIN
s Slimming may cut cancer risk
s Mimicking acupuncture
s Kids’ obesity block by block
s Drug cures autismlike
behaviors in mice
s Disfigured protein may play
role in Alzheimer’s
s The “rotating snakes” illusion
in a blink, and jump, of an eye
Features
20 DESIGNER FLU
COVER STORY: Two lab-made
versions of the lethal H5N1
virus prompt a biosecurity
blowup, pitting the benefits of
sharing scientific data against
the hazards that might come
if the information were to fall
into the wrong hands.
By Tina Hesman Saey
26 STORM FRONT
Hurricane hunters intensify
efforts to find out what makes a
storm rev up, details that could
help improve forecasts and
save lives.
By Alexandra Witze
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