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Earth
Understanding storm spin-offs
Meteorologists seeking to better predict tornadoes probe the differences between tempests that spawn twisters and those that don't.
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Planetary Science
Fertile Frontiers
Alien-life hunters focus on moons in outer solar system
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Life
Wealth and ambition
A week in fancier digs inspires rats to seek richer rewards.
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Life
Computer chips wired with nerve cells
Experiments could lead to ways of melding minds with machines.
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Life
Worries grow over monarch butterflies
Migrants overwintering in Mexico rebounded somewhat this past winter, but still trending downward.
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Humans
Water’s Edge Ancestors
Human evolution’s tide may have turned on lake and sea shores.
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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey
The author interweaves tales of scientists and surfers who, whether for study or an adrenaline rush, seek out monster waves. THE WAVE: IN PURSUIT OF THE ROGUES, FREAKS, AND GIANTS OF THE OCEAN BY SUSAN CASEY Doubleday, 2010, 352 p., $27.95.
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Book Review: Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery by Stephen J. Pyne
Review by Alexandra Witze.
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Health & Medicine
Mom’s past drug abuse may alter brain chemistry of offspring
A new study in rats suggests that the lingering effects of adolescent opiate use may be passed on for two generations, even if the female is drug-free when she gets pregnant.
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Plants
Flirty Plants
Searching for signs of picky, competitive mating in a whole other kingdom.
By Susan Milius