Sudden decreases in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last Ice Age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in the salinity of the North Atlantic Ocean. (National Science Foundation press release)

Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello won for a discovery about how genes are controlled within living cells.

In the eye of the storm on Saturn Guardian Unlimited - The weather is unlike anything previously seen beyond the Earth: a hurricane-like storm on the south pole of Saturn complete with towering clouds and a well-developed eye.