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Society for Neuroscience annual meeting
Daily reports from Science News staff from the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.
By Science News - Planetary Science
So close, yet so far away
Astronomers have found, in the frozen reaches beyond Neptune, two gravitationally bound objects that compose the most widely spaced binary system known in the solar system.
By Ron Cowen - Climate
Cooling climate ‘consensus’ of 1970s never was
Myth often cited by global warming skeptics debunked.
By Sid Perkins - Health & Medicine
Vitamin D deficiency
Parkinson’s disease patients are more commonly lacking in vitamin D than Alzheimer’s patients or healthy people.
By Nathan Seppa - Space
A comet doubleheader
Astronomers have discovered the first comet that appears to be a contact binary — two chunks somehow held together by a narrow neck of material.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Askew in the outer solar system
A chunk of ice orbiting backwards around the sun could offer hints about the mysterious origin of some comets.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Sniping at Jupiter
Giant Jupiter, often thought to protect the inner planets from space debris, may sometimes acts as a sniper, hurling material toward Earth.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Some like it hot
Astronomers have discovered the hottest and largest known extrasolar planet.
By Ron Cowen - Earth
Salinity sensors
Trace elements in the carbonate shells of freshwater mussels could serve as an archive of road salt pollution.
By Sid Perkins - Health & Medicine
Bad air for growing brains and minds
Preliminary evidence suggests that children’s regular exposure to heavy air pollution can be accompanied by brain inflammation and lowered scores on intelligence tests.
By Bruce Bower - Math
An infinite beautiful mind
Theorem identifies cases in which infinite-choice games will have at least one Nash equilibrium.
- Math
Numbers don’t add up for U.S. girls
Culture may turn potentially high achievers away from math, new study suggests.