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- Disaster Goes Global: The eruption in 1600 of a seemingly quiet volcano in Peru changed global climate and triggered famine as far away as Russia
- Evolution's Ear: Recent changes in hearing-related genes may have influenced language development
- Pop chirp bite crunch chew: The ultrasonic din of dying trees inspires a new kind of research to save forests from beetle attacks — and battle climate change
- This week's table of contents
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- Dopamine fends off zzzzz’s A reward chemical in the brain helps keep sleep-deprived people awake. Read the full story. Found in: Body & Brain
- FBI reveals more details of anthrax investigation A panel of scientists involved in the anthrax investigations released new details. Read the full story. Found in: Biology, Chemistry and Science & Society
- I, Magpie Some magpies recognize themselves in mirrors, indicating that a basic form of self-recognition evolved in one family of birds. Read the full story. Found in: Behavior, Biology and Life
- Immune cells show long-term memory Survivors of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic still make antibodies against the virus, revealing a long-lived immunity previously thought impossible. Read the full story. Found in: Biology, Biomedicine, Body & Brain and Life
- Sharpshooting Enceladus Swooping within 49 kilometers of Saturn’s tiny, geologically active moon Enceladus, the Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed the locations of the icy geysers that erupt from the southern hemisphere of this wrinkled moon’s surface. Read the full story. Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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Short-lived particle questions long-lived theory Studies of the decay of kaons hint at possible flaws in standard model of particle physics. Found in: Matter & Energy and Physics
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Carcinogens from car exhaust can linger Cancer-causing agents' interaction with nanoparticles could make the chemicals as harmful as cigarette smoke, lab study suggests Found in: Environment
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Tiny object points to remote solar system reservoir Possible comet may hail from inner region of the Oort Cloud, a proposed comet reservoir Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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The great planet debate New suggestions for defining a planet would put Pluto and many other objects back on the list. Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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Brain boost Protein improves old rats’ ability to form new memories Found in: Genes & Cells
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Stars ablaze in other skies Calculations find that many universes could sustain stars Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Physics
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Upgrading a moon Pluto’s satellite meets definitions of plutoid and dwarf planet Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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Saharan surprise A Stone Age graveyard offers insights into two poorly understood cultures Found in: Archaeology, Humans and Life
- Slave ants rebel
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Coastal dead zones expanding The number of coastal areas known as dead zones is on the rise. A new tally reports more than 400 of the oxygen starved regions worldwide. Found in: Agriculture, Chemistry, Climate Change and Ecology
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Bacteria use poison to make food Newly discovered bacteria hint at how early life may have survived in a no-oxygen atmosphere Found in: Life
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Heart to heart Three babies given chance at life, but transplant procedure raises ethical issues Found in: Body & Brain
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Invisible hand, and a quick one at that Any alternative to quantum weirdness would require faster-than-light communication. Found in: Physics
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Finding the golden genes Advances in gene therapy could tempt some athletes to enhance their genetic makeup, leading some researchers to work on detection methods just in case. Found in: Biomedicine, Body & Brain and Science & Society
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