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June 2011 Archives

Spying on a Silent Killer

New imaging technique allows researchers to hear warning signs before a heart attack or stroke

Wing Hairs Turn Bats Into Aerial Aces

Research into bat flight could inspire design of new types of aircraft

The Iceman's Last Meal

New details emerge about diet, eye color, and cavities of 5000-year-old traveler

HPV Vaccination Programs Showing Early Results

Australia sees drop in the incidence of cervical lesions in teenage girls

Podcast: Biological Lasers, Blood-Thinning Magnets, and More

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

Microbe 'Cage Matches' Pass Darwin's Test

Experiments with one-celled animals show that closely related species compete the most

ScienceShot: Mercury Reveals Some Surprises

Scientists get their closest look ever at innermost planet

ScienceShot: Police Dogs Can Distinguish Identical Twins

German shepherd noses beat out DNA tests when identifying twins

First Results From Japanese Neutrino Experiment Hint at Big Things to Come

But much ballyhooed comparison of matter and antimatter is still a decade off

Why Ketamine Makes You Happy

Researchers uncover how anesthetic reverses depression

Live Chat: The Cell Phone-Brain Cancer Conundrum

Get your questions answered about the latest news that cell phones might cause cancer

ScienceShot: Crocodile-Snouted Dinosaur Discovered Down Under

Fossil may shed light on how today's continents came to be

End of the Sunspot Cycle?

Researchers see signs that the solar cycle may be winding down to a lull

ScienceShot: Volcano CO2 Emissions No Match for Human Activity

In as little as 2 days, smokestacks, tailpipes, and other human sources spew a year's worth of volcanic greenhouse gas

ScienceShot: 'Alzheimer's' in the Down Syndrome Brain

Brain scans show striking similarities between the two conditions

ScienceShot: A Tornado's Path of Destruction

Satellite photos reveal before and after shots of area damaged by Massachusetts twister

ScienceShot: What Makes a Finch Unfaithful?

Female zebra finches cheat because their DNA tells them to

Podcast: Scuba-Diving Spiders, Extreme Geese, and More

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

A Cell Becomes a Laser

Advance bodes well for light-based medicine

Hopes Fade for Monumental Last-Minute Discovery at U.S. Atom Smasher

Potential new particle glimpsed during one experiment at Fermilab not seen by competitor

Can Brain Scans Predict Music Sales?

A new study correlates activity in teenagers' neural reward circuitry with song sales 3 years later

Magnets Keep Blood Flowing

Researchers show that magnetic fields can reduce blood viscosity, a leading cause of heart attack and strokes

Why Smokers Are Skinny

Study reveals how cigarettes suppress hunger

Drying Rockies Could Bring More Water Woes to Western U.S.

Climate change helping melt mountain range's snowpack

Underwater Spider Spins Itself an Aqualung

A water spider's "diving bell" is a gill that lets it live beneath the surface

Video: Rosetta Probe Gets First Glimpse of Its Ultimate Target

Probe will drop a lander on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014

Clues to Autism Emerge in Protein Network

Different types of the disorder may share a common pathway accessible to drugs

Researchers Coax Hearts to Heal Themselves

Mice given experimental compound form new heart muscle after simulated heart attack

ScienceShot: An Infectious Personality

Ducks change their preferences when they think they have a parasitic infection

Live Chat: The Search for Alien Life Within Our Solar System

Experts answer your questions about searching for life on Mars, Europa, and other worlds

The Most Extreme Migration on Earth?

Geese soar over Himalayas unaided by tailwinds

Ancient Farmers Started the First 'Green Revolution'

Early humans harnessed a gene that boosted rice yields

Nobelist Steven Weinberg Calls for Bigger Science, More Taxes

Physicist wants a new linear accelerator, fewer gadgets

Bat Hibernation Keeps Rabies Going

Mathematical model helps researchers understand how virus spreads

ScienceShot: How Jellyfish Poop Fouls Up the Food Chain

Organic waste from jellyfish "blooms" may harm ocean carbon cycles

ScienceShot: Mount Rainier Has Lost One-Seventh of Its Ice and Snow

All but two of the 28 glaciers and snowfields have thinned and shortened at their lower edges

Antiatoms, All Out of Energy and Ready for Work

Reaching least-energetic state is a milestone in efforts to compare antimatter and matter

Melanoma Drug Combo Shows Promise in Early Trial

A widely hailed new drug for melanoma, which was tested in combination with another drug to boost its tumor-fighting power, has done well in a key safety trial.

Women in Science: Their Personal Journeys

At a New York event, five prominent female scientists describe their triumphs and travails
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