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In the December 19 Issue:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Trawling the brain: New findings raise questions about reliability of fMRI as gauge of neural activity
- Humans wonder, anybody home?: Brain structure and circuitry offer clues to consciousness in nonmammals
- A black future: Without destroying the Earth, the Large Hadron Collider might help humans explore the cosmos
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- Patients deficient in vitamin D fare worse in battle with lymphoma A new study suggests that the sunshine vitamin may play protective role against common form of the blood cancer. Read the full story. | Dec 5th 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
- Bird feeding, migration could be splitting a species German birds that spend the off-season at U.K. birdfeeders now look slightly different from neighbors that migrate to Spain Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Life and Zoology
- Targeting microRNA knocks out hepatitis C Blocking a small molecule, a new drug reduces levels of the virus, chimp study shows. Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
- Contested signs of mass cannibalism A new study yields controversial evidence of mass cannibalism in central Europe 7,000 years ago. Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Anthropology and Humans
- The apnea and the ecstasy Users of the illicit drug have more bouts of sleep apnea, a dangerous nighttime breathing disorder. Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
- Amino acid recipe could be right for long life In fruit flies, a low-calorie diet with extra methionine extends lifespan without harming fertility Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
- Gene stops tumors, but only when it's gone When a single copy of the microRNA processor Dicer is disabled, cancer can become more deadly. Removing Dicer completely, though, stops tumors. Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
- Loneliness is contagious, study suggests An analysis of social networks finds that people who feel isolated may spread mistrust among others. Read the full story. | Dec 1st 2009 Found in: Behavior and Humans
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| Hear Sound Recordings from the 1908 presidential campaign | See photos of frogs and spiders recently discovered | View key events and discoveries related to evolution |
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Batteries made from nanotubes...and paper
12.7.09 - Technology would offer lightweight and simple energy storage Found in: Chemistry, Materials Science, Molecules and Technology
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Bacteria seen swimming the electron shuffle
12.7.09 - Researchers have captured the bacterium Shewanella's behavior on film Found in: Environment, Genes & Cells and Life
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H1N1 hits sickle cell kids hard
12.6.09 - Cases found to be particularly acute in children with the chronic blood condition Found in: Biomedicine
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Pluto's cloud components verified
12.4.09 - Newly analyzed observations suggest particles are mostly frozen nitrogen Found in: Earth and Planetary Science
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Chink found in armor of perfect cloak
12.4.09 - Charged particles could reveal hidden objects’ location, new idea suggests Found in: Matter & Energy
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Black hole may construct its own galactic home
12.4.09 - Observations of a 'homeless' quasar suggest new ideas for galaxy formation Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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Ocean's carbon dioxide uptake varies year to year
12.3.09 - Data taken hourly by cargo ships show that how much of the greenhouse gas North Atlantic waters absorb varies more than thought. Found in: Climate Change, Earth and Earth Science
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Star outweighed any known in Milky Way
12.2.09 - Supernova was a big blast, challenging theories of how stars live and die Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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FOR KIDS: Moon crash, splash
12.2.09 - NASA scientists smash a rocket into the moon and discover water vapor and ice in a lunar crater Found in: Science News For Kids
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FOR KIDS: Flower family knows its roots
12.2.09 - Impatiens wildflowers seem to know who's sharing their soil Found in: Science News For Kids
- Poached hammerhead fins traced to endangered populations
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Elusive triangular snowflakes explained
12.1.09 - Dust particles, wind and aerodynamics could steer some flakes toward a three-sided fate Found in: Molecules
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Major eruption cooled the climate but went unnoticed
11.30.09 - Ice-core records suggest that a major 1809 eruption cooled Earth even before the Tambora eruption and 'the year without a summer' Found in: Earth, Earth Science and Paleontology
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World's biggest atom smasher sets first record
11.30.09 - Large Hadron Collider generates highest-energy proton beams yet Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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