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The second day of the Society for Neuroscience meeting offers insights on dyslexia and gender, the brain on age, touch receptors under the skin and a way to reduce brain swelling after head trauma.Published: Sunday, November 16th, 2008Found in: Behavior, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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Floods that occasionally surge from immense lakes trapped beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can significantly affect the flow rate of overlying glaciers, a new study shows.Published: Sunday, November 16th, 2008Found in: Earth and Earth Science
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Highlights from the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting held in Washington, D.C.Published: Saturday, November 15th, 2008Found in: Body & Brain
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Geneticists weigh in during the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics.Published: Friday, November 14th, 2008Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
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During an experiment in Fermilab's Tevatron particle accelerator, a group of elementary particles called muons showed up in a strange place. Physicists are considering the likely implications.Published: Friday, November 14th, 2008Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Matter & Energy -
A seed-loving insect finds food by sensing its temperature.Published: Friday, November 14th, 2008Found in: Biology, Life, Science News For Kids and Zoology -
New type of mold may be a bat killer.Published: Friday, November 14th, 2008Found in: Biology, Life, Science News For Kids and Zoology -
First large-scale inventory of microbes charts types, locales of bacteria.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Body & Brain and Life
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Citing national security interests, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on November 12 that the Navy can once again conduct sonar training exercises, even if the tests harm marine life. The 5–4 decision overturns restrictions that require the Navy to stop using sonar when marine mammals are spotted within 2,200 yards of its vessels. The Navy uses sonar technology to send underwater sound waves at frequencies between 1 kHz and 10 kHz. Gauging the time it takes the acoustic waves to echo off an object — enemy submarines in a combat situation — provides a way to determine the distance to the ...Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Environment and Life
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Researchers have found an approximately 1-million-year-old fossil pelvis that, in their view, indicates that Homo erectus females gave birth to surprisingly big-brained babies.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Humans and Life -
Turns out, the variety and number of minerals in the solar system and on Earth have increased through time, and some minerals exist because Earth has life.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Earth -
Study with the telomerase enzyme gives mice a longevity boost without high cancer risk.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Biology, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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The first images of a planetary system beyond the solar system are released, while the Hubble Space Telescope snaps a shot of likely planet orbiting a nearby star.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Atom & Cosmos -
A study of consensus decision making shows that sticklebacks make wider choices in groups of three or more.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Biology and Life -
Using fluorescent markers, scientists are discovering that men and women divide chromosomes differently. The research may help explain Down syndrome and other chromosomal disorders.Published: Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Found in: Body & Brain and Humans
