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August 2006 Archives

15 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Biopharming Rules Broken

Court case could lead to more oversight of genetically modified crops
15 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

HIV Vaccine Effort Loses Leader

Adel Mahmoud won't take the reins of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
14 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Why Mussels Can Stick to Anything

Amino acid in mussels' glue ensures that they're not slippery when wet
14 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Who You Calling Fruity?

Belligerent fruit flies reveal clues about the genetics of aggression
11 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Volcanoes From the Inside Out

Team uses CT scanning to probe Mount Etna, possibly predict future eruptions
11 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Wine's Benefit Knows No Color

Some white wine as good as red for lowering heart attack risk, and here's why
10 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Fungi Helps Grass Beat the Heat

Symbiont may hone plant's stress response
10 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

No Dice for Greenland Ice

Island's ice sheet is melting at an accelerating rate
10 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Life in the Fast--and Slow--Lane

Bacteria-filled organ gives clues to the longevity of deep-sea tubeworms
10 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Long-Lived Cancer Goes to the Dogs

Transmissible tumor may have originated long ago in a wolf
9 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Ghost in the (Plant) Machine

Algal stowaway may give the ginkgo plant its medicinal properties
9 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Rice Gets Flood Insurance

Researchers identify genes that help rice plants survive submersion
8 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

A Better Carbon Dioxide Trap?

Researchers propose stashing greenhouse gas under the waves
8 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Bird Breaks Migration Record

Sooty shearwater travels the entire Pacific Ocean
8 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

What's Special about "Special K"

Club drug makes for a strong weapon against depression
8 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Katrina Remodeled Gulf Coast Forests

Significant loss of hardwood trees has paved way for invasive species
7 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Like Flower, Like Son

Plants remember the stresses visited upon their parents
7 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Has the Universe Been Lying About Its Age?

Distance measurements to nearby galaxy suggest cosmos is 2 billion years older than thought
4 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Feigning Health for a Bit of Romance?

Male sparrows may hide illness to make themselves presentable for the ladies
4 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Just Like Mom Used to Make

Transgenic goat's milk can protect baby pigs--and perhaps someday humans--from a deadly bacterium
3 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

The Hotter It Gets, The Hotter It Gets

Turning on the air conditioner turns up the global temperature
3 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Passing on Patents

Women researchers patent far less than do their male counterparts
2 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Fossil Bone "Marrow" Found

But not everyone is convinced that tissues in 10-million-year-old amphibians are the real deal
2 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

In the Belly of the Beast

Brown dwarf survives being swallowed by companion star
2 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Case Closed: Charles V Had Gout

Mummified fingertip helps solve mystery of Middle Age ruler's death
2 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Evolution Scores in Kansas Primary

Vote on board of education seats puts pro-evolutionists in the majority
1 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

No Bones About It

Steroids weaken skeleton by disrupting the body's bone dismantlers
1 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

The Source of Midnight Munchies?

Researchers identify brain region in mice that may control feeding rhythms
1 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Turtles Don't Clear Hurdle

Despite rebound, green sea turtle population is just a fraction of what it once was
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