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Astronomers snap extrasolar image: shot may be the first of an exoplanet orbiting a sunlike star.(Atom & Cosmos): An article from: Science News
Astronomers snap extrasolar image: shot may be the first of…
By: Ron Cowen
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Mantis shrimp flub color vision test: results suggest alternate way of detecting wavelengths.(Life): An article from: Science News
Mantis shrimp flub color vision test: results suggest alter…
By: Susan Milius
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How roaches lost taste for sugar: molecular tweak makes glucose-baited traps bitter to bugs.(Life): An article from: Science News
How roaches lost taste for sugar: molecular tweak makes glu…
By: Susan Milius
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Young kids can't face up to disgust: until age 5, ability to interpret facial expressions is limited.(Humans): An article from: Science News
Young kids can't face up to disgust: until age 5, abil…
By: Bruce Bower
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All patterns great and small: researchers uncover the origins of creatures' stripes and spots.(Report): An article from: Science News
All patterns great and small: researchers uncover the origi…
By: Tina Hesman Saey
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Crows use sticks, stones to show skills at manipulating tools in lab: birds' problem-solving ability turns out to be no fable.(STORY ONE): An article from: Science News
Crows use sticks, stones to show skills at manipulating too…
By: Bruce Bower
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Dressing up dinos: adding soft tissue to bone helps scientists, paleoartists bring ancient creatures to life.(Cover story): An article from: Science News
Dressing up dinos: adding soft tissue to bone helps scienti…
By: Sid Perkins
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Mind-controlled: linking brain and computer may soon lead to practical prosthetics for daily life.(Cover story): An article from: Science News
Mind-controlled: linking brain and computer may soon lead t…
By: Susan Gaidos
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Lab tests find Huntington's protein may have crony in killing brain cells: results could explain why only some neurons are vulnerable.(Genes & Cells): An article from: Science News
Lab tests find Huntington's protein may have crony in …
By: Tina Hesman Saey
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Caterpillars tattletale to police.: An article from: Science News for Kids
Caterpillars tattletale to police.: An article from: Scienc…
By: Tia Ghose
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The secret life of fruit flies.: An article from: Science News for Kids
The secret life of fruit flies.: An article from: Science N…
By: Stephen Ornes
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Music of the hemispheres: playing instruments gives brains a boost.(A MIND FOR MUSIC): An article from: Science News
Music of the hemispheres: playing instruments gives brains …
By: Rachel Ehrenberg
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The status quark: Murray Gell-Mann reflects on matter's building blocks and scientists' resistance to new ideas.(ESSAY)(Essay): An article from: Science News
The status quark: Murray Gell-Mann reflects on matter'…
By: Tom Siegfried
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Toddlers with autism may focus on co-occurring sounds and motions: as a result, the kids may neglect cues to social interaction.(Humans): An article from: Science News
Toddlers with autism may focus on co-occurring sounds and m…
By: Bruce Bower
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Longer sleep can boost older brains: study finds uninterrupted rest matters more for the young.(AAAS Meeting): An article from: Science News
Longer sleep can boost older brains: study finds uninterrup…
By: Laura Sanders
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Poaching's long reach threatens elephants anew: killing surges, effects linger years after ivory trade banned.(STORY ONE): An article from: Science News
Poaching's long reach threatens elephants anew: killin…
By: Rachel Ehrenberg
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Let's get vertical: city buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out.: An article from: Science News
Let's get vertical: city buildings offer opportunities…
By: Rachel Ehrenberg
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A university strives for the high road to sustainability.(COMMENT: David Oxtoby)(Interview): An article from: Science News
A university strives for the high road to sustainability.(C…
By: Rachel Ehrenberg
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Cooling climate 'consensus' of 1970s never was: myth often cited by global warming skeptics debunked.(STORY ONE): An article from: Science News
Cooling climate 'consensus' of 1970s never was: m…
By: Sid Perkins
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Black hole found a little off-center: displacement could provide clue to history of galaxy M87.(Atom & Cosmos): An article from: Science News
Black hole found a little off-center: displacement could pr…
By: Ron Cowen
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A cloak in time conceals events: physicists hide events in the lab for trillionths of a second.(Matter & Energy): An article from: Science News
A cloak in time conceals events: physicists hide events in …
By: Devin Powell
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A way to crack quantum encryption: time-travel technique could break supposedly secure codes.(Matter & Energy): An article from: Science News
A way to crack quantum encryption: time-travel technique co…
By: Rachel Ehrenberg
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To be or not to be free.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor): An article from: Science News
To be or not to be free.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor): A…
By: Tom Jaquish, Nick Weir, Samuel Mistretta, Gary Wernsing, C.W. Folse
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A new view of gravity: entropy and information may be crucial concepts for explaining roots of familiar force.(Essay): An article from: Science News
A new view of gravity: entropy and information may be cruci…
By: Tom Siegfried
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'Magnetricity' acts like electricity: currents of isolated magnetic charges flow through crystals.(Matter & Energy): An article from: Science News
'Magnetricity' acts like electricity: currents of…
By: Devin Powell
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A light delay.(light trapping): An article from: Science News for Kids
A light delay.(light trapping): An article from: Science Ne…
By: Stephen Ornes
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Jelly propulsion: studies of medusan motion reveal secrets of the Earth's first muscle-powered swimmers.(Cover story): An article from: Science News
Jelly propulsion: studies of medusan motion reveal secrets …
By: Rachel Ehrenberg
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Sunlight may cut MS risk by itself: study complicates theories about the role of vitamin D.(Body & Brain)(multiple sclerosis): An article from: Science News
Sunlight may cut MS risk by itself: study complicates theor…
By: Nathan Seppa
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For C-section, wait full term: babies born before, after 9 months face higher risk.(Body & Brain)(cesarean section )(Report): An article from: Science News
For C-section, wait full term: babies born before, after 9 …
By: Nathan Seppa
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Bouncing beads outwit Feynman: a machine based on a thought experiment performs work.(Matter & Energy): An article from: Science News
Bouncing beads outwit Feynman: a machine based on a thought…
By: Laura Sanders
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President proposes higher levels of science spending in fiscal 2011: 5.9% increase over 2010 requested for nondefense R&D.(Science & Society)(Barack Obama): An article from: Science News
President proposes higher levels of science spending in fis…
By: Rachel Ehrenberg
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Central dogma thrown off-kilter: in thousands of genes, RNA is not a faithful copy of DNA.(Genes & Cells): An article from: Science News
Central dogma thrown off-kilter: in thousands of genes, RNA…
By: Tina Hesman Saey
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