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May 19th, 2007
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Susceptibility to radiation-induced tumors runs in families. (p. 307)
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The carbon in the tissues of organisms that bloom inside some ocean eddies doesn't always sink to the ocean floor to be locked away in sediments when those organisms die. (p. 307)
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The first survey of life in deep waters around Antarctica has turned up hundreds of new species and a lot more variety than explorers had expected. (p. 308)
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Astronomers have found a Neptune-size planet outside the solar system that's composed mainly of water solidified under high pressure. (p. 308)
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Researchers have discovered a new way that so-called junk DNA could help regulate gene activity. (p. 309)
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Fruit flies display a penchant for spontaneous behavior that represents an evolutionary building block of voluntary choice, also known as free will, a controversial study suggests. (p. 309)
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Solvents in nanoscale droplets can be used to clean centuries-old frescoes, saving them from the unintended consequences of previous restorations. (p. 310)
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High-speed flywheels could replace batteries in hybrid vehicles and help make the electrical grid more reliable. (p. 312)
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Trillions of microbes live in the human gut and skin, and they may be essential to health. (p. 314)
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A rare structure on flowers, tiny cups that keep buds underwater until they bloom, can protect the buds from marauding moths. (p. 317)
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Cells that act like optical fibers could explain why vertebrate retinas have sharp vision despite being mounted backwards. (p. 317)
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Sorghum's inflammation-fighting activity is comparable to that of a prescription arthritis medicine, animal research indicates. (p. 317)
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Almost half of Spanish couples who were asked recently to donate excess embryos for stem cell research did so. (p. 317)
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The United States emitted nearly 1 percent more greenhouse gases in 2005 than it did in the year before. (p. 318)
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Rats absorb less dietary fat and gain less weight when their diets contain lots of oolong tea. (p. 318)
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Children and teens who possess a gene variant linked to Alzheimer's disease have substantially thinner neural tissue in a key brain structure than their peers do. (p. 318)
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Termites are just cockroaches with a fancy social life. (p. 318)
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