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Juggling takes stage as brain modifier
Marked volume increases occur in visual areas of the brain as people learn to juggle and then are partly reversed when the budding jugglers stop practicing their newfound skill, a brain-scan investigation finds.
By Bruce Bower -
PhysicsNew signs of shadow particles
The influence of as-yet-undiscovered heavy particles outside of today's prevailing theory of particle physics may have accelerated the rate at which subatomic muons wobbled in a recent experiment.
By Peter Weiss -
Growth factors make an egg grow up
Scientists have identified growth factors that enable a female mammal's eggs to mature.
By John Travis -
AstronomyScoping out a stellar nursery
Penetrating a veil of dust, a space-based infrared observatory has recorded the most complete portrait ever taken of a star-forming region in a nearby galaxy.