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January 2001 Archives

12 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Seafaring Fish Breed at Birthplace

Return of salt-water fish to spawning ground has implications for fisheries management
12 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Birds Follow the Sun

Migrating shorebirds have figured out the "great circle" strategy of global navigation
12 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Cloned Endangered Species Is Born, Dies

Baby gaur was a short-lived success
12 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Black Hole's Abyss Seen in Action

Gas from neighboring star vanishes with little trace
11 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Welcome to Prion Island

Germany's infected cattle spur creation of research institute on Baltic Sea
11 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Still Waiting for a Green Monkey

Efforts to genetically engineer a primate aren't quite a glowing success--yet
11 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Gene Found for Human Clock

Mutation keeps early birds in circadian fast lane
10 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

An Awkward Trio Disturbs Astronomers

How in the world could a huge brown dwarf revolve around a star along with a planet?
10 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

High-Flying Bacteria Might Not Snooze

Bugs collected from Alpine clouds may be able to reproduce and metabolize during their frigid journey
10 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Bird in 3D

New fossil fills gap in bird evolution, complicates picture of early diversity
10 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Beaks Keep Avian Lovers Apart

Specialization for food affects finch singing ability
9 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

New Telescope Link Spots Infant Solar System

Gas and dust may help reveal the feeding behavior of massive protostar
9 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

The Roots of Tooth Evolution

Developmental biologists get to the bottom of what makes some molars different
9 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Jupiter Racks Up 11 New Moons

The big planet is now biting at Saturn's heels
9 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Texan to Head NIH?

Rumored candidate says he hasn't gotten a call
9 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

DNA recovered from 60,000-Year-Old Man

Ancient sequence may spell trouble for the leading theory of human origins
8 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

New Type of Nuclear Decay Demonstrated

"Undemocratic" packaging of protons might yield nuclear insights
8 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Itch Gets Its Own Neurons

Itchiness joins pain, temperature, and touch in relying on specialized nerves
8 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Mammoth Hunters Put Hopes on Ice

High-profile specimen yields little more than strip of "beef jerky"
5 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Swami Says?

Science policy decisions to look out for in 2001
5 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Eavesdropping on Doomed Sub

Seismologists reconstruct Kursk's death throes
5 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Movie Spawns Malaria Discovery

Researchers watch parasite travel through liver cells
4 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

A Boost for Biodiversity

Tropical parks are less damaged by human activities than unprotected areas
4 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

The Raven--Nevermore One Species?

A bird known as a trickster may have tricked ornithologists for years
4 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Chemotherapy Without Hair Loss?

New drug temporarily protects hair follicles in rats
3 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Dubya and Science Policy

A look ahead at what the Bush Administration may mean for R&D
3 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Possible Gene for Adult-Onset Diabetes

In mice, gene influences insulin sensitivity
3 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Tooth Theory Revises Mammal History

A breakthrough in molar design may have happened multiple times
2 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Germany Chips Away at 'Academic Feudalism'

New funding for junior professors grants more independence
2 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

A Way to Shrink Brain Tumors

Injecting drug capsules prolongs survival in rats and mice
2 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Competition for Viagra?

A compound bypasses the nerves, but still gives rats erections
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