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The most viewed article last week by subscribers to Science in the News Daily debunked rumors that Dec. 21, 2012, is a doomsday date on the Mayan calendar. The other top two news items explored the first experimental demonstration of "magnetricity," the magnetic analogue to electric current, and reviewed the evidence that exposure to earlier flu outbreaks and vaccines confers some benefit against the current H1N1 pandemic. Subscribe now for free daily updates.

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