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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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December 22nd, 2007
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A variety of climatological factors converged in a perfect storm that melted the Arctic Ocean's ice cover to a record low in 2007. It could be a harbinger of ice-poor summers for decades to come. (p. 387)
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Reducing activity of a gene in mice alleviates many of the symptoms of fragile X syndrome, a genetic defect that causes mental retardation in people. (p. 387)
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A distant galaxy is shooting a deadly jet of radiation at a neighboring galaxy, astronomers have observed. (p. 388)
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A long-term study of Chicago children and their families finds that kids living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods display substantial declines in verbal ability as they get older, even if they move to a nicer community. (p. 388)
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Severe psoriasis knocks as many years off a person's expected life span as high blood pressure. (p. 389)
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A genetic test designed to tailor drug treatment for depression offers little clinical value, says a CDC panel. (p. 389)
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Macaques and college students showed similarities in performance on a computer test of split-second arithmetic, suggesting a common inheritance of the ability to do approximate math without counting. (p. 390)
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The Earth's magnetic poles wander around quite a bit, a phenomenon that occasionally confounded ancient explorers but is proving useful for today's archaeologists. (p. 392)
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Little progress has been made this decade in reducing the size of the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, a massive area of oxygen-depleted water caused by agricultural and urban runoff. (p. 395)
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Physicists have shown that tumbled strings will form surprisingly complex knots, helping explain how knots spontaneously form in nature. (p. 398)
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Physicists have created a beam of light that bends in a curve. (p. 401)
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Pheromones that induce aggression in other male mice are found in the major urinary protein complex in the animals' urine. (p. 401)
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New economic models suggest that fishing crews that cut back long enough to let stocks rebound will find compensation in higher profits later. (p. 401)
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To achieve healthy concentrations of vitamin D, many African-Americans may need hefty daily supplementation. (p. 401)
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A new compound called GIFT-15, made from the fusion of two proteins, stops inflammation in mice. (p. 402)
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A synthetic antibody called ACK2 that targets certain bone marrow cells may make marrow transplants a possibility for people with severe autoimmune disease. (p. 402)
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A cancer vaccine against leukemia helps some patients avoid a relapse for months or years, but only if given early in the course of the disease or when a patient is in remission. (p. 402)
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One-fifth of people with Down syndrome who also have acute lymphocytic leukemia harbor a mutation in their JAK2 gene. (p. 402)
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A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the past year. (p. 404)
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