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- Materials Science
A sticky issue
Peeling off adhesive tape can be frustrating, and now researchers know why.
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- Animals
Moths’ memories
Sphinx moths appear to remember experiences they had as caterpillars, suggesting some brain cells remain intact through metamorphosis.
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New drugs tackle difficult nematodes
Researchers have discovered what could be a new class of drugs for treating animals afflicted with nematodes.
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Alzheimer’s mystery protein unmasked
A protein linked to Alzheimer's disease may help young people forget, too.
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In this article, Ron Cowen says that gas is where the action is since dark matter predominantly responds to only gravity. Because dark matter responds to gravity, wouldn’t it, like gas, be pulled into the star-making process and become part of the resulting star? Why is our sun not predominantly dark matter? Eugene (Gene) CaterEasley, […]
- Astronomy
From Dark Matter to Light
Recent surveys of the shapes, colors, and masses of galaxies have put a new focus on the nitty-gritty of galaxy formation—the complicated physics of the interaction of gas.
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Road to Eureka!
Researchers are beginning to identify neural components of insightful problem solving, though no scientific consensus exists on how the brain mediates "light-bulb" or "Aha!" moments.
- Humans
Letters from the March 22, 2008, issue of Science News
The price of water In reference to the article “Going Down: Climate change, water use threaten Lake Mead” (SN: 2/23/08, p. 115), scarcity requires society to allocate. Usually markets do a better job than law at allocating efficiently and fairly. Lake Mead could remain full to the brim regardless of pending climate change. The quoted […]
- Math
Spoil-Proofing Elections
The only way to ensure that the person the voters prefer walks away the winner, mathematicians say, is to fundamentally change voting procedures.
- Humans
From the March 12, 1938, issue
An extinct cinder cone captured from above, a mystery gland's connection to male virility, and growing fodder indoors for winter feeding.
