February 2009 Archives
27 February 2009
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Old Drugs Stop New TB Strains
Surprising antibiotic combo may provide option for the most difficult-to-treat cases of tuberculosis
26 February 2009
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What Your Spit Says About You
Saliva microbes vary greatly by individual
26 February 2009
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A Picture Is Worth 1000 Votes
Children predict election victors based on photos alone
26 February 2009
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Drink Up, Energy Hogs
Bottled water guzzles up to 2000 times more energy than tap water
26 February 2009
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Early Humans Toed the Line
Ancient footprints show that human ancestors walked in a modern way 1.5 million years ago
25 February 2009
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Stellar Giants Thrive on Chaos
The galaxy's most massive residents emerged from turbulent neighborhoods
25 February 2009
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Solar System Pinball
Large gaps in the main asteroid belt reveal that outer planets have altered their orbits
24 February 2009
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Big = Sexy in Whale Society
Male humpbacks fight to mate with larger females
24 February 2009
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A Divisive Budget, Invisible Ph.D.s, and a Virus Meeting Attacked by a Virus
Plus more, from Science's new policy blog, ScienceInsider
23 February 2009
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Permanent Protection Against the Flu?
A few antibodies may guard against a variety of influenza strains
23 February 2009
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Abuse Leaves Its Mark on the Brain
Parental abuse alters a stress gene in the brain
20 February 2009
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Why Leaves Fall in the Fall
New work proposes a molecular path to cell death
20 February 2009
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Arctic Coastal Erosion Doubles in 50 Years
Effects of climate change may be speeding up coastal erosion in the Arctic
20 February 2009
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X-ray Vision Reveals Intergalactic Medium
Missing matter has been spotted in a supersized wall of galaxies
19 February 2009
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Pterosaur Wings With a Rib Cage to Match
Ancient flying reptiles may have been more like today's birds than thought
19 February 2009
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New Gene Markings for a Deadly Brain Cancer
Mutations could help distinguish different tumor types
18 February 2009
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Mmmm, Carbon!
Old rainforests are still wolfing down greenhouse gases--but their appetite is finite
18 February 2009
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Virus's Achilles' Heel Revealed
Study suggests that existing drugs may fight the deadly Nipah virus
17 February 2009
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An Earlier Debut for a Famous Alga
Single cells may have united earlier than previously thought
16 February 2009
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Time Traveling at the AAAS Meeting
Hobbits, weiner dogs, and Al Gore. Plus other highlights from Chicago.
13 February 2009
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Big Bucks, Tom Hanks, and a CO2 Vacuum Cleaner
Plus more, from Science's new policy blog, ScienceInsider
13 February 2009
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Wave Hello to Your Children, Wave Goodbye to Fish
Plus more from our roundup of stories from this year's AAAS meeting
12 February 2009
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Ancient Virus Gave Wasps Their Sting
Find solves decades-old debate about mysterious toxins
12 February 2009
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The Whole Migration and Nothing But
Tiny geolocator backpacks let researchers follow every step of songbirds' journeys
11 February 2009
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Horseshoes, Hand Grenades--and Slot Machines?
A near miss is almost as good as a win to gamblers' brains, keeping them playing
11 February 2009
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A Urine Test for Prostate Cancer?
Small molecules could reveal presence and severity of disease
10 February 2009
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Are Wild Chimpanzees Dying from AIDS?
Contrary to common wisdom, the precursor to HIV-1 might be killing chimps
10 February 2009
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Brouhaha Over Controversial Forensic Technology: Journal Caves to Legal Threat
Paper questioning voice analyzer pulled from Web after manufacture claims it is defamatory
9 February 2009
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Flu: It's the Humidity. Absolutely
Study suggests that absolute, not relative, humidity explains why influenza is seasonal
9 February 2009
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One Giant Leap for Robot-Kind
Cockroach-inspired design could help Mars rovers and other robots traverse sandy terrain
9 February 2009
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Novel HIV-Fighting Method Finally Gels
Study reports first "success" in preventing HIV infections with vaginal microbicide
6 February 2009
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French Researchers Throw Shoes, U.S. Scientists Censor Themselves
Plus more, from Science's new policy blog, ScienceInsider
6 February 2009
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The Sound of Six-Legged Majesty
Ants communicate by chirping, and caterpillars have found a way to hack the system
6 February 2009
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Climate Change Is Friend and Foe to Ozone Layer
Faster recovery in North America, slower in Australia and South America
5 February 2009
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Borrowed Gene Blackens Wolves
Interbreeding with dogs gave wolves an evolutionary advantage
5 February 2009
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A Short History of African Pygmies
Diverse people inherited their stature from the same recent ancestors
5 February 2009
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Drug-Screening Method Blinded by the Light
Quirk in firefly-enzyme-based assay may throw into question the discovery of drugs for cystic fibrosis and other conditions
5 February 2009
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Color Me Creative
Red hues improve attention to detail, blues enhance creativity, according to new research
4 February 2009
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A Much Earlier Start for Animals
Find pushes origins back 100 million years to an ice-encased Earth
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