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- Ecosystems
BOOK LIST | Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: How Forests Function
An argument that simple policies will not save complex forests.Rutgers Univ. Press, 2008, 280 p., $26.95 (paperback). TREES, TRUFFLES, AND BEASTS: HOW FORESTS FUNCTION
- Ecosystems
U.S. bird populations in decline, report says
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar releases a review of U.S. bird populations.
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Nix the Vicks
A century old treatment for soothing the nasal congestion associated with colds and flu may poses risks to infants, a new study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Keeping artery plaques under control
Toning down a gene called CHOP may offer a way to reduce the risk of arterial plaque ruptures, which can cause heart attacks and strokes, a study in mice shows.
- Animals
For some birds, chancy climates mean better singers
In the mockingbird family, the most accomplished musical species tend to live in treacherous climates.
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Botanical Whales
Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too.
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Pop chirp bite crunch chew
The ultrasonic din of dying trees inspires a new kind of research to save forests from beetle attacks — and battle climate change
- Health & Medicine
Migraines during pregnancy may be linked to stroke
Pregnant women who have migraines also face a heightened risk of stroke and other vascular diseases, a new study finds.
- Life
Genes help monarchs migrate
At least 40 genes help monarch butterflies find their way to overwintering sites in Mexico.
- Earth
Environment: Science news of the year, 2008
Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Environment. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories.
- Earth
In the aftermath
The charcoal left after a forest fire stimulates microbial activity that boosts carbon loss from organic material covering the ground.
- Life
Beetles grow weed killer
Beetle moms carry their own bacteria for making a compound to protect their gardens.
