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August 2002 Archives

14 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Congress Expands Cyberfellows Program

Scholarships aim to alleviate shortage of computer security experts
14 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

'Speech Gene' Debut Timed to Modern Humans

Gene related to spoken language may be less than 200,000 years old
14 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Prepare to Shake!

Quick pinpointing system could lessen earthquake damage
13 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Secret of California Invaders Revealed

Spreading more seeds could bring back native grasses
13 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

NIH to Test Chelation Therapy

$30 million trial will test a therapy skeptics say has no scientific merit
13 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Brown Haze Looms Over South Asia

Persistent cloud of polluted air threatens the health of a billion people
12 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Go West, Young Grass

An eastern species lets down its hair on the West Coast
12 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

A Recipe for Motor Neurons

Stem cells marinated the right way might repair spinal cords
12 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Why Farm Kids Breathe Better

Microbes may keep a young immune system in line
9 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

When Leaves Lie

How plants trick insects into leaving them alone
9 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Crows Go to the Head of the Class

A bird displays toolmaking ability beyond all primates but one
9 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Fear the Sunflowers?

Bt genes could turn wild sunflowers into aggressive invaders
9 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Less Deforestation Than Expected?

A new satellite study may have important implications for climate models
8 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

U.K.'s Choice of Smallpox Vaccine Questioned

Report suggests planned vaccine might not work against certain strains
8 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

El Niño Gets Birds in the Mood

Wet winters might prime birds for love once they migrate home
8 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

A Winner in a Photo Finish

Silver-free photo processing requires no messy chemical bath
8 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Daphnia on Drugs

Pharmaceutical waste has unpredictable effects on aquatic animals
7 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Sleepy Stingers

Wasp behavior bolsters argument that insects sleep too
7 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Plane Facts About Weather

September's air traffic shutdown reveals jets' influence on weather
7 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Jump in Drug-Resistant HIV

New study finds resistant strains are gathering momentum
6 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Beetles Breathe Right

A dung beetle's breathing tweaks old assumptions
6 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Voracious Voles to Ranchers' Rescue

Rodents help restore grasslands when grazing practices are changed
6 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Charting a Solar Physics Revival

Panel urges NASA to look directly at the sun
5 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Whale, Dolphin, and Porpoise Deaths Tallied

Fishing gear entanglements kill an estimated 60,000 cetaceans yearly
5 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Death Still Stalks the Oak

Researchers still mystified about where disease came from, but some hope emerges
5 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Brain Terrain Change

The radiation that cures tumors also hinders new neuronal growth
2 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Sound Waves Hold Heavy Metal Aloft

Relatively simple apparatus levitates gram-sized globs of solids or liquids
2 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Neural Disconnection May Trip Up Stutterers

Fibers link brain region for speech to tongue control center
2 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Black Holes Flip When Galaxies Crash

Jets from cross-shaped galaxies attest to cosmic collisions
1 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Dude, Where's My Fear?

Mice lacking cannabinoid receptors have trouble forgetting a bad trip
1 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Violent Effects of Abuse Tied to Gene

Maltreated kids with low levels of a brain enzyme are more likely to act out
1 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Muons Don't Abide by Expectations

Physicists aren't sure how badly new observations diverge from theory
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