March 2011 Archives
31 March 2011
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Video: Gravity Makes Earth Look Like Lumpy Ball of Play-Doh
Satellite provides best look yet at our planet's gravitational field
31 March 2011
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ScienceShot: Impacts Leave Marks on Rings of Saturn and Jupiter
Clear evidence that comets recently pummeled rings, not just planets
31 March 2011
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Some Salmon Can Take the Heat
The Chilko sockeye adapts better to climate change than its comrades do
30 March 2011
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Paper, Plastic, or Steel?
Origami-inspired steel grocery bag could revolutionize packaging and lead to shape-shifting buildings
30 March 2011
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Heart Defect: Medicate or Wait?
New finding may help doctors predict which patients are at highest risk for sudden death
30 March 2011
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ScienceShot: The Oldest Buttercup Yet
Ancient bloom clarifies evolution of flowering plants
29 March 2011
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Animals Find Sanctuary With Scientists
Long-term research sites offer them a safe haven from poachers
29 March 2011
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ScienceShot: Some Aggressive Akitas Are Roid Ragers
A gene involved in male hormone response might explain why some Akitas are mean
29 March 2011
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Video: Monkeys Chew the Cud
Regurgitation helps proboscis monkeys digest
29 March 2011
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Watch Out Below: Wasps Battle Ants by Dropping Them
Invasive wasps in New Zealand pick up food-snatching ants and drop them from the air
29 March 2011
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Chinese Ducks Felled by New Virus
Scientists isolate novel flavivirus, and worry about its spread
29 March 2011
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ScienceShot: Jet Contrails a Big Global Warmer
Contrails warm the planet more than planes' carbon dioxide emissions do
28 March 2011
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Damping Down Fear With Cortisol
The stress hormone enhances therapy to treat a phobia of heights
28 March 2011
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Sensing Organ Rejection
A new DNA test aims to detect when the body rejects a transplanted organ
28 March 2011
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Spinning the Sun's Rays Into Fuel
Artificial leaf makes fuel production possible wherever there's water
25 March 2011
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Podcast: Dino Vacuum Cleaners, Prehistoric Garbage Mounds, and Fast-Charging Batteries
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
25 March 2011
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ScienceShot: Black Holes Are Messy Eaters
Strong magnetic fields likely source of black hole jets
25 March 2011
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Flipping the World's Smallest Light Switch
Physicists change the electrical conductivity of silicon atoms by moving a single chemical bond
24 March 2011
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Good News About a Very Bad Cancer
Immune cell-activating molecule boosts survival for pancreatic cancer patients
24 March 2011
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ScienceShot: Ancient Creature Was a Saber-Toothed Vegan
Tiarajudens ate leaves and stems, despite its ferocious fangs
23 March 2011
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Pioneer of High-Dimensional Spaces Wins Abel Prize
John Milnor honored with "Nobel of mathematics"
23 March 2011
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A Battery That Charges in Seconds
More powerful battery could be a boon for electric vehicles and solar energy
23 March 2011
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Making Sperm in a Petri Dish
Mouse testes grown in the lab can produce functional sperm
23 March 2011
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Nosing Out a Smell Gene
Scientists find the first mutations responsible for a lack of smell
22 March 2011
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How a Dinosaur Is Like a Vacuum Cleaner
Sauropods used their long necks to suck up food
22 March 2011
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Prehistoric Garbage Piles May Have Created 'Tree Islands'
Trash left by ancient humans could have given biodiversity a foothold in the Florida Everglades
22 March 2011
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Cold 'Star' No Hotter Than a Summer's Day
Discovery of two frigid brown dwarfs challenge divide between stars and planets
21 March 2011
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Long-Neglected Experiment Gives New Clues to Origin of Life
53-year-old flask containing brown sludge may reveal how the first amino acids were created
21 March 2011
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The Aftermath in Japan: Send Us Your Questions
Science reporters will respond to your queries about the continuing crisis
18 March 2011
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Navy Sonar May Mimic Killer Whale Sounds
Finding could explain cetacean strandings
18 March 2011
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Cause of Lethal Disease in China Unmasked
A new bunyavirus poses some riddles
18 March 2011
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ScienceShot: MESSENGER Arrives Safely at Mercury
Strange planet gets its first orbiter
17 March 2011
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A New Wrinkle on Why Shar-Peis Suffer Fevers
Mutation that gives Shar-Pei dogs their wrinkles may also make them sick
17 March 2011
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ScienceShot: Long-Awaited Titan Rains Arrive
Canyon-cutting methane rain wets Saturn's moon
17 March 2011
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The Strange Symphony of the Stock Traders
Traders synchronize their buying and selling with incredible precision, boosting profits
16 March 2011
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How Hormone Puts a Kick in the Sperm's Tail
Sperm protein enables female hormone to turn on sperms' swimming frenzy
16 March 2011
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Light Slows at the Nanoscale
Slowed light on a silicon chip could be a boon for quantum memory
16 March 2011
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Quartz Fingers Weak Spots in Earth's Crust
Mineral may determine where mountain ranges form and continents rift apart
15 March 2011
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Video: Old Female Elephants Make the Best Leaders
Matriarchs over 60 recognize threats quickly and protect their herds accordingly
15 March 2011
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Crisis in Japan: Submit Your Questions
Science's news staff fields queries about earthquake and its aftermath
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