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31 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Dinosaurs That Died Before Their Time

New Mongolian find sheds light on family life of predators and prey
31 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Hot New Lasers Illuminate the Infrared

Method slims down waves' guides
31 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Plants Eavesdrop on Their Neighbors

Hearing danger signal, they prepare to taste their worst
30 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Librarians Protest Elsevier Merger

Fearing higher prices, librarians seek to block buyout of Harcourt General
30 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Salmon Run Hot and Cold

Climate change pushes salmon populations around
30 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Blood Rh Factor's Job Described

Proteins transport ammonium, probably maintaining blood's pH
30 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Jews and Arabs Share Recent Ancestry

Clashing groups are Y chromosome cousins
27 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Yellow Light for Polio in Asia

Vaccine virus in sewage and river water highlights difficulty of eradication
27 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Poisonous Dinosaurs?

A two-legged carnivore may have had teeth dripping with venom
27 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

'No Villains' in BSE Tragedy

Long-awaited report doesn't cast blame for Britain's deadly epidemic
26 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Mars Exploration Slowed Down

New NASA timetable postpones sample-return missions until after 2010
26 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Putting the Brake on Parkinson's

Gene therapy study in monkeys could pave the way for human trial
26 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

A Close Pass at Eros

NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft makes the lowest planetary flyover ever
26 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Saturn Is Satellite King Again

Astronomers find four new moons, bringing total to 22
25 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

A Pain in the Bladder

Protein that plays a role in pain also makes you go to the bathroom
25 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Coral Reefs Feel the Heat

Warmer waters more deadly than pollution, new study concludes
25 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Solar System's End in Sight

New studies put edge just beyond Pluto
25 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Running to the Extremes

Female lazuli buntings like their mates very bright or very drab
24 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Apes Find Friends in Congress

Senate approves $5 million fund for great ape conservation
24 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Bonus for Canadian Science

New $268 million plan to help pay overhead costs of big science projects
24 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

The Secret of Elasticity

New images may reveal how elastic proteins stretch and snap back
23 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Budget Boost for NASA, NSF

Agencies score last-minute victories in Congress
23 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Are Deafness Genes Spreading?

Researchers suspect increasing intermarriage rate may cause birth of more deaf children
23 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Smoking's Lasting Aftermath

Study reveals part of the vicious cycle of emphysema
20 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Taking the Heavens' Pulse

Astronomers discover pulsars--and perhaps a planet--in four new star clusters
20 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

A Rainy Day on Titan

Study suggests Saturn's moon has clouds and rain of methane
20 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

ESA Appoints New Science Chief

British space physicist elected director of science
20 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Locating the Yuck Response

Researchers demonstrate link between brain areas and feelings of disgust
19 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Evolution on the Fast Track

Some populations may grow apart quickly, studies suggest
19 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Counting Your Hairy Cousins

Volunteers sought for first "census" of U.S. great apes
19 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

AIDS Vaccine Protects Monkeys

But gap to humans is still wide, researchers warn
18 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

An Inheritance of Healthful Drinking

Genetic study suggests alcohol offers benefit to some more than others
18 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Still Living After All These Years

Microbes survived for 250 million years inside salt crystals
18 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

A Tongue That Doesn't Slip

Suction explains chameleons' extraordinary lingual power
18 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

New Paintings May Be Oldest Yet

Red-ochre figures in Italian cave bolster case for early artistic expression
17 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Windfall for French Biomedical Agency

INSERM gets 16% budget boost in 2001
17 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Mysteries of Sex Remain

Troublesome reproductive method wasn't selected for by harmful mutations
17 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

More Trouble on Mount Graham

Beetles are threatening endangered squirrels at controversial telescope site
17 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Nazi Science Victims Remembered

German research leaders dedicate monument at site of former brain research institute
16 October 2000 | ScienceNOW

Texas Immunologist Faked Results

Papers withdrawn and colleagues furious
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