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12 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Clams Show Colorado River Decline

by Mark Muro
Dams and water diversion reduced delta's productivity
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12 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Auditory Illusion Shaped by First Language

by Charles Seife
Early learning affects perception of ambiguous tones
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11 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

High School Winners of Siemens Competition

by John S. MacNeil
Studies of astrophysics and nanoscale conductance win big prizes
11 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

New Glimpse of Spinning Black Hole

by Govert Schilling
XMM-Newton observations suggest superhot gas being sucked in
11 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Global Treaty to Ban 12 Poisons

by Jocelyn Kaiser and Martin Enserink
More might be added to list, representatives of 122 countries agree
8 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

European Lab Rescued From the Brink

by Lone Frank
Facing financial ruin, EMBL is bailed out and will team up with industry
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8 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

You Read It First in Science

by Barry Cipra
Dozens of neologisms might have been introduced in the magazine
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8 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

California Establishes Science Centers

by Evelyn Strauss
Three winners will focus on nanosystems, biotech, and information tech
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7 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Two-fisted Punch Against Heart Disease

by Liese Greensfelder
How cholesterol-lowering statins also help reduce inflammation
7 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

'Replicon' Yields Hepatitis C proteins

by Eliot Marshall
The virus won't grow in the lab, so researchers build their own blueprints
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7 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Genome Submission Sparks Dissent

by Eliot Marshall
Some scientists are outraged over plan to publish Celera's human genome data
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6 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Canada Names Heads of New Health Institutes

by Wayne Kondro
Virtual centers will wield real power
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6 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

A Destiny of Autism?

by Constance Holden
Researchers find two more genetic clues to disorder
6 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Meet Microraptor, the Birdlike Dinosaur

by Erik Stokstad
Tiny, feathered fossil supports evolutionary theory
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6 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Physicists Still Listening for Gravity

by Mark Sincell
Detectors now more finely tuned to the ripples of colliding black holes
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5 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Looking for Alternatives

by Erik Stokstad
Report urges development of alternative medicine research in the United Kingdom
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5 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

U.S. Middle Schoolers Still Middling

by Constance Holden
Asia stays on top in global rankings of science and math skills
5 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Mutated Vaccine Tied to Polio Outbreak

by Liese Greensfelder
Children in Haiti and the Dominican Republic sickened
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5 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Hereditary Deafness Suppressed by Gene

by Mitch Leslie
One inheritance overrides another that's otherwise deafening
4 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

A Dripping Wet Early Mars?

by Richard A. Kerr
New images suggest that the Red Planet had lakes and seas in its early history
4 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Global Commission Slams Dams

by John Pickrell
Electric power, irrigation water come at an "unacceptable price," report says
4 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Biological Control Backfires

by Mari N. Jensen
Fly that keeps invasive moths in check kills cherished locals as well
1 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Finding Gold in a Zinc Mine

by Mark Schrope
Divers unearth bacteria that mop up zinc with amazing efficiency
1 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Alfalfa Gene Beats Potato Scourge

by Liese Greensfelder
But Monsanto's latest creation faces an uncertain future
1 December 2000 | ScienceNOW

Bone Marrow on the Brain

by Gretchen Vogel
Adult mouse cells can assume new roles in brain tissue
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