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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Humans

    Katrina’s Fallout

    Scientists whose laboratories were devastated by Hurricane Katrina have found help, and sometimes safe havens for their studies, from colleagues around the nation.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin D Boosts Calcium Potency

    Women whose diets are rich in vitamin D appear to need less calcium to preserve their bones' health.

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  3. Humans

    From the November 9, 1935, issue

    Beauty in a machine shop, a cloud of island universes, and moon-made earthquakes.

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  4. Archaeology

    From prison yard to holy ground

    Archaeological excavations at a prison near Megiddo, Israel, have unearthed the remains of what may be one of the region's oldest Christian churches.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Statins for Algernon: Cholesterol-lowering drug fights learning disability

    A study in mice suggests that a drug prescribed for high cholesterol may reverse learning deficits caused by a common genetic disease.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Protective Progeny: Peptide treats and prevents breast cancer

    A synthetic version of a protein present in a woman's body during pregnancy is as effective against breast cancer as the current drug tamoxifen is, according to a study in rodents.

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  7. Anthropology

    Gone with the Flow: Ancient Andes canals irrigated farmland

    Excavations in the Andes mountains have unearthed the earliest known irrigation canals in South America.

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  8. Humans

    Letters from the November 12, 2005, issue of Science News

    Big leap The pendular running gait described in “Stepping Lightly: New view of how human gaits conserve energy” (SN: 9/17/05, p. 182) as one of the most efficient bipedal gaits looks remarkably like the way eyewitnesses claim Bigfoot creatures move. In a Bigfoot hoax, one might use a gait that is unhuman but energy efficient, […]

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  9. Health & Medicine

    A toast to thin blood

    Moderate consumption of alcohol may make a person's blood less likely to clot.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Leaden Chocolates

    Chocolates have a dark secret, lead contamination, which generally correlates with a product's cocoa concentrations.

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  11. Humans

    From the November 2, 1935, issue

    Indian Pipe's waxen beauty, the need for better brakes, and a new magnetic alloy.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    About Sinuses

    This Web site from Dr. Wellington S. Tichenor examines the symptoms and treatment of sinusitis and other sinus diseases, as well as the interrelated problems of allergy and asthma. The site defines sinusitis and provides information on treatment regimens, fungal sinusitis, surgery, sinusitis in children, and more. Go to: http://www.sinuses.com/

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