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  1. Bullying leaves mark on kids’ psyches

    Being victimized by bullies at school between ages 5 and 7 promotes a unique set of behavioral and emotional problems in children, regardless of any such problems that they had before entering school.

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    What about circumcision in the United States and Europe, not just sub-Saharan Africa, as a means of reducing AIDS? As I recall, the most recent trend among U.S. doctors is to discourage this practice as painful and unnecessary. James SeeserSt. Louis, Mo.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Male circumcision could avert millions of HIV infections

    Mass circumcision of boys and men in sub-Saharan Africa could avert 2.7 million new cases of HIV infection over the next decade.

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  4. Earth

    Intrepid Explorer

    A robotic torpedo called an autonomous underwater vehicle has provided scientists with an unprecedented look at the underside of an Antarctic ice shelf.

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    I applaud your coverage of the BioBlitz in the National Capital Area in this article. You only touched the surface, however. BioBlitzes are just a part of All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories that are being conducted from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to some protected areas in Europe. Specifically related to slime molds, the National Science […]

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  6. 30 Hours with Team Slime Mold

    A bunch of biologists volunteer for a mad weekend of biodiversity surveying to see what's been overlooked right outside Washington, D.C.

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  7. Humans

    Letters from the July 29, 2006, issue of Science News

    Squeeze, please It would seem to me that instead of looking to minimize the effect of grapefruit juice in slowing the metabolism and elimination of drugs, one could cut drug dosages by taking advantage of it (“Nabbed: Culprit of grapefruit juice–drug interaction,” SN: 5/20/06, p. 317). Grapefruit juice costs less than any drug and has […]

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  8. Math

    Aircraft Boarding by the Numbers

    Random airplane boarding isn't so bad.

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  9. Humans

    From the July 18, 1936, issue

    Modeling cosmic rays, shining colored light on plants, and the chances of being struck by lightning.

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  10. Astronomy

    Black Hole Explorations

    What would it be like to orbit a black hole—or even to fall into one? You can find out by exploring the world of black holes in a Web site created by a team at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. For a fully interactive multimedia experience, click “Journey to a Black Hole” […]

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  11. Astronomy

    Recurrent Eruption: Explosive stellar saga

    Six thermonuclear explosions have ripped off the outer layers of a dense, nearby star in the past 108 years.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Big Headache: Auras may add risk to migraines

    Women who experience migraines that are preceded by sensory irregularities face a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke.

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