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  1. 2010 Science News of the Year: Nutrition

    Credit: Krasowit/Shutterstock Fish oil packs a punch Omega-3 fatty acids are turning up in plenty of promising reports, but some tests fail to show a benefit. Reported anti-inflammatory effects of the compound may help to shake out just how these nutrients boost health. High levels of omega-3s are found in fish oil from cold-water species […]

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Gut microbes may foster heart disease

    In breaking down a common dietary fat, helpful bacteria initiate production of an artery-hardening compound, mouse experiments suggest.

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  3. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Genes for butterfly wings and maintaining maleness, plus turtles meet their lizard relatives and more in this week’s news.

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  4. Science & Society

    Youthful ingenuity honored at Intel ISEF

    Young scientists receive awards for insights applicable to cancer treatment, homeland security, water supplies and more.

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  5. Book Review: Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World’s Most Mysterious Fish by James Prosek

    Review by Sid Perkins.

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  6. Psychology

    Visions For All

    People who report vivid religious experiences may hold clues to nonpsychotic hallucinations.

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  7. Life

    Learnin’ lizards

    Underrated reptiles figure out what to do when the old rules change.

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  8. Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea by Kennedy Warne

    For anyone wondering just what the heck “rainforests of the sea” might be, they’re the world’s largely unsung, highly imperiled, biologically fabulous coastal forests of mangroves. And it’s a telling point that the word mangroves does not appear on the cover of a book devoted to their marvels and troubles. LET THEM EAT SHRIMP: THE […]

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  9. Life

    Life

    Chimps are righties and orangutans lefties, plus singing mice and chilly dinosaurs in this week's news.

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  10. Life

    Life

    Colorful duck bills hint at sperm quality, plus dangerous jellies and throwback bees in this week’s news.

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  11. Plants

    From a mismatch in growth, a flower blooms

    Scientists reveal the forces at work in the blossoming of a lily.

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  12. Earth

    New ‘walking’ fishes discovered in Gulf oil-spill zone

    Pancake batfishes may be getting oiled before they get named.

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