In this issue: Winter 2011
Final confirmation of the matter laser
Improving communications in the last great wilderness
How bees use features in the landscape to navigate home
Does the Earth’s crust yo-yo?
New research suggests that subduction may be much more complex than once thought
Plasma physics finds novel applications in medicine
Lessons learned from a genetic disease might provide the solution to obesity and malnutrition
Explaining apparent altruism in the purple-crowned fairy wren
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