March 2008 Archives
31 March 2008
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Cholesterol Crisis?
Study questions usefulness of new anticholesterol drugs
31 March 2008
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Peacock Feathers: That's So Last Year
Some female birds have lost interest in flashy males
31 March 2008
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Banking on Wetlands Reform
Major new U.S. regulations create standards for restoration of wetlands and streams
28 March 2008
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Organics in the Mist
Astronomers find an amino acid precursor lurking in an interstellar cloud
28 March 2008
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Traffic Jams Happen, Get Used to It
Physics helps explain bunch-ups on the highway
27 March 2008
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Achievements in Group Theory Win Abel Prize
Prestigious mathematics award recognizes American and Belgian who shed light on symmetry
27 March 2008
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The (Shocked) Nose Knows
Prospect of pain improves our olfactory acuity
27 March 2008
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Rare Mutations Hint at Multiple Schizophrenias
Nature of disease may vary from family to family
26 March 2008
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MicroRNA Sets Stage for Human Therapies
Researchers block the molecules for first time in monkeys
26 March 2008
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Enceladus Hints at the 'L' Word
Saturn's moon could harbor the three key ingredients for life
25 March 2008
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Saving the Planet One Farm at a Time
Crop diversity is alive and well on family and community farms
24 March 2008
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Wired for Language
A critical connection between two brain areas got us talking
24 March 2008
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Therapeutic Cloning Shows Promise for Parkinson's Disease
Mice treated with their own cells
21 March 2008
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What Does a Plant Sound Like?
A computer program reveals how bats find their favorite foliage--and how we can use the same trick
20 March 2008
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Dirty Arctic Air Is Nothing New
Explorers' accounts reveal that pollution has been affecting the polar region for more than a century
20 March 2008
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Glimpses of a New Subatomic Particle?
Matter-antimatter comparison hints at unidentified component of matter
20 March 2008
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A Deep Ocean--and Life?--for Titan
An ice-covered sea on Saturn's moon could harbor simple organisms
20 March 2008
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The Secret to Happiness? Giving.
Spending money on others makes us happier than spending it on ourselves
20 March 2008
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New Form of Vision Discovered
Mantis shrimp eyes can see circular polarized light, which may be used in mating or secret signaling
19 March 2008
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Whiffs From an Alien World
Hubble detects an organic molecule--and water--in an exoplanet's atmosphere
19 March 2008
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The Death of a Visionary
Arthur C. Clarke's imagination had a lasting impact on science
18 March 2008
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Seeds of PTSD Planted in Childhood
Genetic mutations predispose abused children to post-traumatic stress disorder
18 March 2008
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Milk Does Evolution Good
The emergence of lactation spurred mammals to switch from egg-laying to live birth
17 March 2008
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Hobbit Skull Suggests a Separate Species
Diminutive hominid may have ties to human ancestors
17 March 2008
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One Tail, Many Feats
Fifth appendage keeps geckos upright and agile and even helps them glide
17 March 2008
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Engineer Tapped to Run Smithsonian
Appointment follows rocky year for institution
14 March 2008
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Gators Dive With Flexible Air Tanks
A special muscle may give alligators a deadly edge in the water
14 March 2008
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Court Quashes Request for Peer-Review Documents
Journal successfully argues that reviewers' comments must remain confidential
13 March 2008
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Modern Turtles Much Younger Than Thought?
New fossil from Argentina strengthens argument for more recent origins
13 March 2008
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A Solar System That Looks Like Home
Astronomers spot the building blocks of life in a relatively nearby patch of space
13 March 2008
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Change for a Sand Dollar?
Specie's larvae split in two to avoid predators
12 March 2008
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WARF Goes 3 for 3 on Patents
Foundation successfully defends its rights to embryonic stem cells
12 March 2008
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Not Much Warming Under the Sun
Compared to human activity, solar radiation plays a small role in climate change
12 March 2008
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Nitrate Threatening the Nation's Watersheds
America's streams and rivers are barely handling the human-caused surge
12 March 2008
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Mr. Gates Goes to Washington
Microsoft chair ruffles some on science committee by calling for more visas
11 March 2008
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How to Keep a Wasp From Cheating
Parasites enforce the law, albeit unintentionally
11 March 2008
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Hobbit Redux?
Small modern humans found in Palau claimed to resemble diminutive people from Indonesia
10 March 2008
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Future Cars May Save Gas But Waste Water
Plug-in vehicles could strain resources of drought-stricken regions
10 March 2008
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Score One for the Microbes
Bacteria sabotage our pathogen surveillance system
7 March 2008
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He Heard, She Heard
Girls and boys use different parts of their brains to process language
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