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  1. Animals

    A Different Kind of Smart

    Animals’ cognitive shortcomings are as revealing as their genius.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Animals

    Sea slug carries disposable penis, plus spares

    A hermaphroditic gastropod sheds its penis after one use, then uncoils another.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Science & Society

    Heal thy neighbor

    As antidepressants and other drugs gradually replace psychotherapy in the United States, new forms of the talking cure are growing in popularity in developing countries ravaged by civil war and poverty.

    By Bruce Bower

  4. Backup Bees

    Luring and taming wild pollinators for help on the farm.

    By Susan Milius

  5. A Bee in a Cathedral: And 99 Other Scientific Analogies by Joel Levy

    One hundred analogies and metaphors make science more visual: Learn how chemical reactions are like school dances and how long it would take to type the human genome. A BEE IN A CATHEDRAL, JOEL LEVY Firefly Books, 2011, 224 p., $29.95

    By Science News
  6. Animals

    In the Eye of the Tiger

    Global spread of Asian tiger mosquito could fuel outbreaks of tropical disease in temperate regions.

    By Carrie Arnold

  7. Mixed Results

    Having the right blend of animal personalities can make or break a group

    By Susan Milius
  8. Life

    Average bear could be pretty smart

    Computer tests of solitary species reveal animals’ ability to learn concepts.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Physics

    Order from disorder

    Collective motion emerges spontaneously in wiggling protein strands.

    By Alexandra Witze
  10. Science & Society

    When it comes to food, it’s kosher for science and religion to mix

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  11. Life

    Nouveaux Antennas

    A single hairlike appendage may allow a cell to sense the outside world

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Cosmology

    Huge Galactic Explosion

    An excerpt from the October 5, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

    By Science News