February 2002 Archives
28 February 2002
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Male Guppies Imitate Food and Get Sex
Orange spots resemble tasty fruit--and drive females wild
28 February 2002
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Mitochondria Link Alzheimer's Disease, Down Syndrome
Breakdown in cells' power generators may lead to buildup of toxic proteins
28 February 2002
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T. rex Not a Fast Runner
But fast enough to catch other large dinosaurs, paleontologists say
27 February 2002
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Agent Orange-Leukemia Link Rejected
New evidence and an uncovered error lead the Institute of Medicine to reject an earlier report
27 February 2002
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Why Young Male Elephants Smell Like Honey
Smelling sweet keeps the youngsters safe from marauding, sex-starved bulls
26 February 2002
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Seeking Consensus on Data Sharing
Workshop begins to look for policy on access to data behind published findings
26 February 2002
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Painkillers as Birth Control for Viruses
How a widely-used class of pain drugs helps keep viruses in check
26 February 2002
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Bulldozing Deep-Sea Reefs
Little-known havens may be in big trouble
25 February 2002
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Dusty Signposts to Extrasolar Planets
A ring around a star may be a telltale sign of planets
25 February 2002
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Mussels Hitch Long-Distance Carcass Rides
A rotten set of stepping stones led the bivalves from the surf to the bottom of the sea
25 February 2002
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Ancient Protozoan's Surprising Genetic Complexity
'Junk DNA' may have evolved 1 billion years earlier than scientists had realized
22 February 2002
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CDC Chief Calls It Quits
Having led agency through tumultuous anthrax episode, director Jeffrey Koplan resigns
22 February 2002
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Pushing Bad T Cells Over the Edge
How the immune system gets rid of T cell traitors
22 February 2002
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New State of Matter Not So New?
Nobel laureate says Bose-Einstein condensates were seen almost 20 years ago
22 February 2002
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NIH Ditches AIDS Vaccine Trial
Preliminary results cast doubt on vaccine's effectiveness
21 February 2002
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A Retched Discovery
Scientists uncover the first fossilized vomit
21 February 2002
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Biofilm Glue Revealed
Bacteria rely on DNA to form sticky layers
21 February 2002
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Nanoparticle DNA Probe Unveiled
New test could speed bioweapon detection
20 February 2002
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Dust Didn't Do in the Dinosaurs?
A model exonerates the dust cloud from a terrible impact
20 February 2002
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British Geologist Wins Crafoord Prize
Dan McKenzie, a pioneer of plate tectonic theory, takes home the $500,000 award
20 February 2002
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TIGR Attacks Anthrax Genome
Institute plans to sequence up to 20 strains this year
19 February 2002
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Engineering Leaders Honored
Pioneers in drug technology and education garner National Academy of Engineering prizes
19 February 2002
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The Promiscuous Life of Stars
Computer simulations suggest strange interactions inside globular clusters
19 February 2002
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Lords of the Jungle ... But Why?
A big frontal cortex isn't what make us the smartest primates after all
18 February 2002
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Farming the Friendly Way
Not tilling saves soil, water, and chemicals, Argentinian experience shows
18 February 2002
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A Master Key to Insect Diversity?
Single gene may help regulate the body's basic architecture
17 February 2002
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Gene Roller-Coaster Climbs Higher
If you don't like the number of genes in the human genome, wait 15 minutes
17 February 2002
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Cytomegalovirus Threat to Newborns
Researchers say a major health risk isn't getting due attention from drug companies
16 February 2002
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Muckraking Turns Up Deep-Sea Dwellers
Mud on the continental slope may be a major source of ocean biodiversity
16 February 2002
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A Whale of a Chain Reaction
Hunting of top predators may have disrupted a food chain off Alaska
15 February 2002
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Top Engineers Honored
National Academy of Engineering announces new members
15 February 2002
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Elbow Room and the Origin of Jewelry
Check back this weekend for more stories from the AAAS annual meeting
15 February 2002
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Bush Speaks on Climate Change
More science and a carrot, not a stick
15 February 2002
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Ranking the Richest Reefs
Study finds marine biodiversity hotspots face threats
14 February 2002
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Cosmic Odd Couple
Astronomers glimpse an unlikely pairing that may help explain how millisecond pulsars are created
14 February 2002
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A Radiation Survivor's Secret
Researchers home in on a microbe's remarkable resistance
14 February 2002
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Breaking Down Malaria's Walls
A new drug that attacks the parasite's membrane may work where others have failed
13 February 2002
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New Alzheimer's Risk Factor Pinned Down
High homocysteine also tied to heart disease
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