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February 2005 Archives

28 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Salt Packs a Punch

Crystals destroy stone by generating huge pressure from within
28 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Closing the Gender Gap

Training helps young female monkeys do as well as young males on tests of spatial memory
28 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Has Biodefense Gone Overboard?

Open letter says research program is hurting basic microbiology
25 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Dark Matter Need Not Apply

Newly discovered hydrogen could explain how the Milky Way holds itself together
25 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Frozen Sea or Lava Field?

New pictures from Mars ignite transatlantic debate
24 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Genome of Deadly Amoeba Sequenced

Genes stolen from bacteria may help the parasite thrive in the gut
24 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Breathing Life into Dead Bones

Gene therapy resurrects bones from cadavers for use in transplants
23 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Chew on This

Termites choose their meals by the sounds they make while eating
23 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Getting the Mouse Out

Researchers remove potential contaminant of human embryonic stem cells
23 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Reading Minds

Brain region keeps track of what others are doing– –and why
22 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

He Thinks He's People

New research shows that animals do indeed have complex personalities
22 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Spelling Out the Causes of Dyslexia

Researchers identify gene that might play a key role
21 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Fear of Attack

Researchers develop new tools to combat wireless hackers
20 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Save the Whale Eaters

Commercial whaling is driving creatures that live on dead whales into extinction
20 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Einstein on Your Desktop

Physicists invite the public to search for gravitational waves
20 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Flawed Assumptions Threaten U.S. Fish Populations

Targeting older and fatter fish may cause irreversible damage to fish stocks
19 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

New World Disease Map Unveiled

Findings challenge assumption that most new diseases emerged in tropics
19 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Casting Light on Black Hole Runts

Reflections reveal a surprisingly puny black hole at a galaxy’s core
18 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

The Cautious Brain

Researchers identify region of the brain that responds to tricky situations
18 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

These Bots Were Made for Walking

Scientists develop robots that walk the way people do
18 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Heating the Sea

Climate models solidify human impact on ocean warming
18 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

The Great Space Explosion

Giant neutron star flare bombards our galaxy with gamma rays
18 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Building a Better Molecule Trap

Scientists develop device that gently holds nanoparticles still
18 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Beta Blocker Shocker

Why do these drugs only help half of heart failure patients?
17 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Hitching a Ride on Madame Butterfly

Parasitic wasps sniff out mated females and ride them to their eggs
17 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Pottery Barn, Olmec-Style

The first large city in Mesoamerica widely exported pottery--and ideas
17 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Too Many Friends?

The size of our social circles may be hardwired into our brains
16 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Human Fossils May be Oldest Yet

Dating places emergence of Homo sapiens back 40,000 years
16 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Young Blood Heals the Elderly

Circulatory system component in juvenile mice helps older mice mend injured muscle
15 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Stem Cell Side Effect

Treatment restores movement in injured rats but causes abnormal pain
15 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

No More Word Problems

Language trouble may not get in the way of solving complex equations
14 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Top U.K. Biomedical Center to Move

Researchers had fought the relocation for over a year
14 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Can You Hear Me Now?

Gene therapy restores hearing in guinea pigs
14 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

US Modifies Visa Rules

Changes should make it easier for foreign scientists to re-enter country
14 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Yale Wins Suit Against Nobel Laureate

Former professor ordered to pay more than $1 million for fraud and larceny
11 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Say What?

The evolution of the mammalian middle ear has a surprising history
11 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Stem Cells Hit Snag in Massachusetts

Governor calls for ban on research cloning
10 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

The Secret Sex Lives of Tubeworms

How do these creatures keep the species going in an extremely harsh undersea environment?
10 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

Barcoding Life

Momentum builds on effort to classify all species by their DNA
10 February 2005 | ScienceNOW

The Runaway Star

Star racing through our galaxy is destined to become an intergalactic loner
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