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14 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Monkey See, Cursor Do

by Mary Beckman
A neural implant lets monkeys zip a cursor around computer screen
14 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Patterns of Refugee Flight

by Richard Stone
At Milosevic trial, sociologist testifies on statistical analysis linking Albanian, Yugoslav army movements
13 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Firing Up the Decision-Making Machinery

by Marina Chicurel
Individual neurons weigh options, come to a decision
13 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Doubts Raised Over Plasticity of Adult Cells

by Gretchen Vogel
Teaching old stem cells new tricks may be harder than thought
13 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Stream Survey Reveals a Mess of Toxins

by Katie Greene
From perfume to penicillin, it's all in the water
12 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Superconductors Earn Their Stripes

by Adrian Cho
New observations give contentious
12 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Deciphering Dengue

by Dan Ferber
Virus' structure reveals some surprises, hope for treatment
12 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Aping a Well-Studied Vaccine Strategy

by Caroline Seydel
Chimp version of human virus shows promise, at least in mice
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11 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

An Ancient Rock Rain Identified

by Adrian Cho
Asteroids, not comets, pelted young Earth and moon
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11 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Intron or Exon?

by Adam Bostanci
A tiny gene sequence scrambles the answer; when abnormal, causes disease
11 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Heavy Pollution Narrows Blood Vessels

by Solana Pyne
Mechanism is the first suggested explanation for spike in heart attacks on smoggy days
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8 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Stem Cell Triathlon

by Constance Holden
Researchers combine cloning, stem cells, genetic engineering to treat immune-deficient mice
8 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Worms May Not Act Alone in River Blindness

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Bacteria may be the real culprit behind the disease, nematodes merely an accomplice
8 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Dicephalic Slitherer

by Xavier Bosch
A two-headed snake could provide new insights into what controls eating behavior
8 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Virus Linked to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

by Dan Ferber
Could a contaminated polio vaccine be responsible for some cases of the cancer?
7 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Engineers Push New Study of Twin Towers' Collapse

by David Malakoff
Researchers say several years and $40 million needed to fully understand how the towers toppled
7 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Drought-Resistant Worms Use Plant Trick

by John Davenport
Worms and plants may use similar genes to endure extreme dryness
7 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Dustup Over Oldest Fossils

by Richard A. Kerr
Earliest signs of life just oddly shaped crud?
6 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Freezer-Proof Starch

by Katie Greene
A designer potato could help make mushy frozen foods a thing of the past
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6 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Anthrax Vaccine Gets Good Review

by Eliot Marshall
Institute of Medicine panel says the much maligned vaccine is safe, effective
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6 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Our Sun's Early Tantrums

by Robert Irion
X-ray flares from young stars give a new glimpse of the sun's tumultuous infancy
5 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Canada Gives OK for New Cell Lines

by Wayne Kondro
New guidelines permit novel stem cell lines from leftover embryos and aborted fetuses, but stop short of therapeutic cloning
5 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

How Evolution Monkeys With Duplicate Genes

by Ben Shouse
An endangered monkey sheds light on how an extra copy of one gene can evolve into a gene with a different purpose
5 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Second West Nile Vaccine Shows Promise

by Caroline Seydel
A chimeric virus protects mice from infection, study shows
5 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Stronger Link Between Air Pollution, Disease

by Solana Pyne
Most comprehensive study to date finds health risks of air pollution mirror those of second-hand smoke
4 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Water on Mars Confirmed

by Govert Schilling
Ice found in large expanse of martian soil
4 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Genome Spat Erupts Anew

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel
Human Genome Project scientists accuse Celera of copying their work
4 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Bubble Fusion Furor

by Charles Seife
Controversy surrounds a new claim of nuclear fusion in a beaker
1 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

NASA Decision Not Suited for Women

by Andrew Lawler
Agency scuttles plans to build space suits fitted for smaller female astronauts
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1 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Protein Folding Shows Surprising Flexibility

by Louisa Wray Dalton
Many different routes may lead to the same configuration
1 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Dodo Finally Roosts on Evolutionary Tree

by Jay Withgott
DNA from extinct bird pins down its relatives and origin
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