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October 2003 Archives

31 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Getting Into a Cassowary's Head

Birds may use infrasound to carry calls through the jungle
31 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Did FDR Have Guillain-Barré?

A new study suggests the president's polio was misdiagnosed
31 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Ice Shelf Feels the Heat

Study shows warmer ocean could threaten Antarctic ice
30 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

New Logic for Quantum Device

Physicists open the gate for solid-state quantum computing
30 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Iceman Is All Italian

Isotopic data track Ötzi's origins and peregrinations
30 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Mice Saved From Madness

In a first, mice recover from prion disease
29 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

How Pterosaurs Terrorized the Skies

Brain scans suggest extinct flyers may have had 'smart wings'
29 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Two Species Join Club SARS

Cats and ferrets can carry the virus
28 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

EPA Gets New Director

Leavitt will face challenges in clean air plans, climate change
28 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Warm Globe, More Snow

Global warming could mean more snow around the Great Lakes
28 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Universe Is Still Exploding

Sky survey backs up a violent view of the cosmos
27 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Institute of Medicine Electees Announced

New members contributed to medical science, public health
27 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Finding the Right Bug for the Job

A new technique may aid the hunt for pollution-eating bacteria
27 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Drug Thwarts Hepatitis C

New drug stymies the virus by shutting down vital enzymes
27 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

NIH Shaken by Grants 'Hit List'

Congressional questions lead NIH to justify studies on risky behavior
24 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

How Embryos Know Left From Right

A protein tells two-cell embryos which side is which
24 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Eat More Meat, Go Extinct

Hypercarnivores don't survive as long as other dog species
24 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Knowing When to Change Sex

Reaching a certain size may trigger the switch
24 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

That Wall in China Is Nothing

'Great Wall' of galaxies is by far the largest object known
23 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Science and Technology Awards Announced

Medals honor 16 scientists and one company
23 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Sun Run Amok?

Magnetic activity on the sun is running at a 1000-year high
23 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

One Fish, Two Fish

Ambitious marine life census releases first figures
23 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Genes Speed Alzheimer's, Parkinson's

Inflammation may be key to how fast the diseases progress
22 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Avoiding a Klamath Calamity

Saving endangered salmon will take a broad range of efforts
22 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Drought Pushed the Andes Higher

A new theory may explain the mountains' surprising height
22 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Gene Sparks Peculiar Sensations

Geneticists may have found the switch for puberty
21 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Mortal Combat, Mastodon-Style

These extinct herbivores had a mean streak
21 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Comet Mission Melted Itself Down

Hot exhaust, cut corners doomed CONTOUR, panel concludes
21 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Grand Canyon's Cattalo

Cow genes may doom troublesome buffalo herd
20 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Running to Distraction

Obsessive running makes mice poor learners
20 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Thanks for the Cancer, Dad

Paternally inherited DNA modifications may help tumors grow
20 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Bobbing for Sauropods

New research keeps giant dinosaurs in shallow end of the pool
17 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Elusive Essence of 'Stemness'

Genes that define stem cells are tough to pin down
17 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Virus Shows Wasp Who's Boss

Outside agitators direct egg-laying behavior
17 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Asteroid Once Was Lost, Now It's Found

Astronomers grateful to find potentially dangerous rock
16 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Fourteen Steps to Global Health

$200 million initiative will fund research on specific problems
16 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Imported Corn Fueled Chaco Culture

Archaeologists uncover a food source of a mysterious culture
16 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

GM Crops' Effects on Wildlife Mixed

Largest trial shows crops can boost or curtail weeds and insects
15 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Deconstructing Prions

New insights into how the deadly proteins take hold
15 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Messages Fly No Faster Than Light

Best test yet finds that information obeys Einstein's speed limit
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