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In the December 5 Issue:
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- Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
- Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
- Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance
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Top Stories | November 21
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The frontline malaria medicine artemisinin shows gaps in effectiveness in Southeast Asia.
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CT scans of preserved individuals show hardening of arteries similar to that seen in people today.
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Study links boys' fetal phthalate exposure to tendency toward gender-neutral play later on.
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Featured blog: Researchers are working to catalog the DNA sequences of just about every vertebrate genus.
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A visual illusion that causes adults to misjudge objects’ sizes doesn’t affect young children, a new study finds.
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A visual illusion that causes adults to misjudge objects’ sizes doesn’t affect young children, a new study finds.Survey finds that many overweight individuals consider their body size normal and healthy despite having health problems Detailed imaging of runners’ hearts before and after races doesn’t find signatures of heart attacks No one would choose to eat polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs — yet we unwittingly do. And a new study finds that the cost of their pervasive contamination of our food supply can be elevated blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease. Medical imaging can add up to exposure similar to what nuclear power plant workers experience. |
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Bacon, cheesecake and Ho Hos elicit addictive behavior in rats similar to the behavior of rats addicted to heroin.11|21 Issue Links Study of rhesus monkeys shows running protects dopamine neurons from death. Researchers pinpoint individual brain cells that respond to particular people and objects. Scientists argue a newly discovered stretch of DNA essential for larynx development may have allowed the evolution of language. An excessive number and low diversity of skin bacteria could explain why wounds in diabetics are slow to heal |
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