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In the December 5 Issue:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 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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An implantable glucose sensor based on carbon nanotubes could allow patients with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar levels without the need for daily pinprick tests. (p. 3)
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Controversy flared over the link between climate change and increasing storm activity at the first international climate change meeting since the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol was assured. (p. 3)
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Patterns of activity for a type of tremor that occurs deep beneath California's San Andreas fault may offer scientists a way to foretell earthquake activity there. (p. 4)
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An ultraviolet-detecting satellite has found that youthful versions of massive galaxies like the Milky Way may be only a cosmic stone's throw away. (p. 4)
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Many bacteria found floating within a farm building are invulnerable to multiple antibiotics, confirming that airborne dispersal could spread drug-resistant microbes from animals to people. (p. 5)
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An experimental vaccine against genital herpes shows promise in animal tests. (p. 5)
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The earliest known civilization in the Americas appears to have emerged about 5,000 years ago in what's now Peru. (p. 6)
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Researchers in Taiwan propose an explanation for how so many crabs can survive at shallow-water hydrothermal vents. (p. 6)
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From ultrahigh-performance concrete that bends like metal to concrete blocks that transmit light, scientists are pushing the physical and architectural limits of this ubiquitous construction material. (p. 7)
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Among Earth's unsung geological masterpieces are undersea canyons, some of which stretch hundreds of kilometers and can be deep enough to hold skyscrapers. (p. 9)
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The atomic force microscope has been shrunk to the size of a microchip. (p. 12)
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Vitamin C supplements may place people with diabetes at increased risk of heart disease. (p. 12)
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Newly discovered fossils from an ape that lived in what's now northeastern Spain around 13 million years ago may hold clues to the evolutionary roots of living apes and people. (p. 12)
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A shot that primes the immune system against a sperm protein might be the next male contraceptive. (p. 12)
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Comparisons of satellite images, aerial photos, and old surveys of Alpine glaciers indicate that the ice masses are losing area at an accelerating rate. (p. 13)
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A new genetic analysis pushes back the estimated time at which ancient lineages of monkeys and apes diverged to between 29 million and 34.5 million years ago, at least 4 million years earlier than previously thought. (p. 13)
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Female wasps with dishonest faces, created by researchers who altered the wasps' natural status spots, have to cope with extra aggression. (p. 13)
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An international tobacco-control treaty will go into effect on Feb. 28, 2005. (p. 13)
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A drug called bortezomib can induce remission of an aggressive kind of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (p. 14)
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Viagra eases increased blood pressure in the lungs, a condition that affects about one-third of adults with sickle-cell disease. (p. 14)
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An experimental drug called AMG531 revs up production of platelets in people with severe shortages of these clotting agents. (p. 14)
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Two experimental drugs can send chronic myeloid leukemia into remission in patients who don't benefit from the best currently available drugs. (p. 14)
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(p. 15)
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