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  1. Humans

    Letters from the September 4, 2004, issue of Science News

    Funny pages Horvath and Toffel’s comparison of the environmental impacts of the paper versus the electronic editions of the New York Times is a bit misleading (“Newspaper’s Footprint: Environmental toll of all the news that’s fit to print,” SN: 6/12/04, p. 374: Newspaper’s Footprint: Environmental toll of all the news that’s fit to print). A […]

    By Science News
  2. Animals

    Mom bears more sons when she gets extra bouquets

    When researchers spiff up a male starling's courtship by delivering some extra bouquets to his mate on his behalf, the couple tends to produce more sons than usual.

    By Susan Milius

  3. A call to arms aids recovery of sight

    A man was able to recover some of the sight he lost as a result of brain damage simply by reaching out toward objects near his body, researchers say.