June 2007 Archives
29 June 2007
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Oregon Cougars to be Hounded
But new law may lead to more, not fewer, complaints about problem animals
29 June 2007
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Pocket-Sized Powerhouse
A neutron star infringes on the province of black holes
28 June 2007
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Lighting a Fire Under Hard Drives
Lasers may be the wave of the future for super-fast computing
28 June 2007
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Nanoscale Flashlight
Tiny wires could illuminate biological structures without harming them
28 June 2007
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A Fertile Domestication of Cats
Study pinpoints the Near East as the cradle of cat domestication
27 June 2007
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Rodent Stem Cells With a Human Touch
Teams cultivate rat and mouse stem cells similar to human ES cells
26 June 2007
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How Radioactivity Keeps You Dry
Hot rocks prevent North America from sinking under the sea
26 June 2007
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A Stellar Forecast
Just like planets, stars have weather--and clouds
25 June 2007
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Early Penguins Liked It Hot
Ancient penguins flocked north much earlier than previously thought
25 June 2007
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Chimps Not So Selfish After All
Contrary to previous findings, a new study finds the apes willing to help one another
22 June 2007
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Pirouette or Plod?
The inner ear reveals how agile a creature is
22 June 2007
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Long-Lost Wolf Bares Its Teeth
Supercarnivore was too specialized to survive Ice Age extinction
21 June 2007
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A Gene Fix for Parkinson's?
First gene therapy trial for the disease suggests modest improvement
21 June 2007
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Fossil Virus Gives Clues to HIV Susceptibility
Human protein may have protected us from chimp disease but made us vulnerable to AIDS
21 June 2007
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No More Black Holes?
A new hypothesis suggests the weirdest objects in the universe don't exist
20 June 2007
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Cancer Institute Scuttles $100 Million Prevention Trial
Review committee cites side effects, lack of risk markers
20 June 2007
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Senate Gives NIH a Raise
But spending bill must be reconciled with House version and faces presidential veto
20 June 2007
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Placental Mammals Climb a New Tree
Fossil evidence forces a rethink of the origins of our mammalian ancestors
20 June 2007
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New Reflections on Lunar Astronomy
Novel liquid could make moon-based observatories possible
20 June 2007
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Bush Reaffirms Stem Cell Policy With Veto
New executive order urges backing of lines that don't create or destroy embryos
19 June 2007
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Spare the Embryo, Save the Stem Cell
New technique creates human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos
19 June 2007
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Looking Inside a Dune for its Boom
Probing of booming sand dunes reveals a natural amplifier
19 June 2007
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Researchers Derive Stem Cells From Monkeys
Breakthrough paves way for therapeutic cloning in humans
18 June 2007
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Oldest Panda Skull Discovered
Finding sheds light on evolution of bamboo-eater
18 June 2007
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My Brain Feels Your Pain
Researchers probe a mysterious condition wherein people sense touch when they see others being touched
15 June 2007
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Far-Flung Flowers
Long-distance dispersal of seeds may make or break Arctic plant biodiversity
15 June 2007
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Middleman Fixes Center of the Earth
New calculations track motion of planet's center of mass to within a millimeter per year
14 June 2007
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Pluto's Bad Year Continues
Recently demoted dwarf planet not only is smaller than its neighbor, Eris, but it also weighs less
14 June 2007
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Can't Buy Me Altruism
Many of us feel good when our money benefits charity, even if we don't give that money voluntarily
13 June 2007
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Rooting for the Home Team
Plants know when a relative is near and treat it better than a stranger
13 June 2007
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Shifty Eyes See Finer Details
When our eyes "jitter," they help us focus on particular types of images
13 June 2007
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Invaders From Inner Space
Gut microbe turns harmless insect into crop destroyer--and vice versa
12 June 2007
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Here's $45 Million, Knock Yourself Out
Lawmakers want to give scientists nearly free rein to study effects of climate change
12 June 2007
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For Combating Cholera, Rice is Nice
Scientists embed a vaccine in a genetically-modified food
12 June 2007
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Legislators Back Boost for Science
House spending panel takes the first step toward increasing 2008 budgets for NSF, NASA, NOAA, and NIST
11 June 2007
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New Earth or Planetary Hothouse?
Scientists challenge the livability of the first potentially habitable extrasolar planet
8 June 2007
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Work Out, Chow Down
There's no easy explanation for why we eat more after exercise
8 June 2007
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Cetaceans Score With CITES
International convention strikes down challenges to whaling ban by Japan and Iceland
7 June 2007
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Second Life, or Not?
Bid to Patent Synthetic Microbe Raises Concern
7 June 2007
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Heavyweight From the Distant Past
Astronomers find one of the universe's oldest black holes
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