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- It’s written all over your face: To potential mates, your mug may reveal more than you think
- Team spirit: Working together, bacteria and other microbes can accomplish much more than they can alone. Now scientists hope to harness that ability by engineering their own microbial consortia.
- For a big view of inner Earth, catch a few…Geoneutrinos
- This week's table of contents
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June 9th, 2007
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In a sweeping demonstration of the power of the new biology, researchers have linked two dozen genetic variations to six major diseases. (p. 355)
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Several pesticides can disrupt a partnership that enables certain plants to take up nitrogen by enlisting the help of bacteria. (p. 355)
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Creating large-scale, regular arrays of nanoscale components is now almost as easy as blowing bubbles. (p. 356)
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Polynesians may have traveled back and forth to South America more than 600 years ago, introducing chickens to the Americas in the process. (p. 356)
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A biodegradable magnesium stent props open clogged blood vessels and then dissolves, circumventing the problems linked to permanent metal stents. (p. 356)
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A pair of magpie-larks can advertise their toughness by the precision of the duets they sing. (p. 357)
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A dwarf galaxy at the periphery of the giant Andromeda galaxy may be a pristine building block for forming galaxies in the modern-day universe. (p. 357)
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The recent increase in hurricane activity in the North Atlantic, a phenomenon that some scientists blame on climate change, actually reflects a return to normal after a lull in the 1970s and 1980s. (p. 358)
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A record-breaking radio burst from the sun last Dec. 6 temporarily overwhelmed scores of GPS receivers, highlighting the hazard of radio storms on Earth. (p. 360)
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New research sheds light on the century-old concept of transference, a mental process in which people re-experience past relationships in new interactions. (p. 363)
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National policies to maximize the benefits of wind farms while lessening their environmental impacts may be needed. (p. 365)
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The solar system already lies in the suburbs of the Milky Way, but the sun and its planets will be yanked even farther away about 5 billion years from now. (p. 365)
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Honey from New Zealand gums up bacteria, offering a potential new means of combating difficult-to-treat infections. (p. 366)
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Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, dissolve plaques in the brains of mice with an Alzheimer's-like disease. (p. 366)
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A new map of where SARS or Ebola might erupt next highlights North America and Western Europe as likely sources. (p. 366)
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Fruit bats in Bangladesh regularly trigger small outbreaks of Nipah virus, a measleslike pathogen that causes brain inflammation and death. (p. 366)
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