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Science Flair: Top U.S. science and engineering students reap recognition, rewards

Forty finalists in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search received recognition and more than $500,000 in scholarships for their efforts toward solving original problems in science and engineering.

Animals

Fish That Decorate: Females prefer nests with pizzazz

If scientists give foil strips to male stickleback fish, the fellows carry them back to their nests for decoration, and it turns out that females seem to like guys with lots of shiny stuff.

Health & Medicine

Pressurized Pregnancies: Schizophrenia linked to fetal diuretic exposure

A Danish study has found that pregnant women who take diuretic medication for high blood pressure during the third trimester substantially raise the chances that their unborn children will develop schizophrenia by age 35.

Astronomy

Planet’s Slim-Fast Plan: Extrasolar orb is too close for comfort

A new study of the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system suggests that some orbs will vaporize if they orbit too close to their parent star.

Earth

Killer Crater: Shuttle-borne radar detects remnant of dino-killing impact

Radar images gathered during a flight of the space shuttle Endeavour 3 years ago show the subtle topography related to the impact of an asteroid or comet that may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Health & Medicine

Tough Nut Is Cracked: Antibody treatment stifles peanut reactions

Researchers have successfully demonstrated the first preventive drug treatment against peanut allergy.

Humans

From the September 13, 1930, issue

alt=”Click to view larger image”> SQUATTY STEEL TANK If you fill a rubber balloon with water, put the inside under about 15 pounds pressure, and set it down on a table, it will assume a shape very much like that of the huge metal tank shown on the front cover. In fact, that is the […]

Humans

From the September 6, 1930, issue

alt=”Click to view larger image”> LIONS IN ALASKA Alaska, with its vast herds of caribou, its foxes and beaver, its mountain sheep and goats, and its great bears, black, brown, grizzly, and white, is one of the world’s game paradises; but 100,000 years ago, long before the slow-witted men who inhabited Europe thought to follow […]

Humans

From the August 30, 1930, issue

alt=”Click to view larger image”> IN COTTON CLOTHING Wolves in the clothing of sheep have been familiar, at least as metaphors, for a couple of millennia. More lately, since we have begun to pay close attention to our trees and shrubs, have we become acquainted with a tiny wolf disguised as a tiny tuft of […]

Archaeology

Blasts from the Past

Dig into the latest archaeological news reports, updated daily, from around the world at Archaeologica. The site also features links to Web pages on a wide range of archaeological topics, including ancient Egypt and North American rock art, and forums for discussing a variety of issues. Go to: http://www.archaeologica.org/