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- Sequencing the dead to save the living: Reviving ancient genomes of long-extinct creatures offers a window into past extinctions—and may help prevent future die outs
- No gene is an island: Even as biologists catalog the discrete parts of life forms, an emerging picture reveals that life’s functions arise from interconnectedness
- The decider: Informing the debate over the reality of ‘free will’ requires learning something about the lateral habenula
- This week's table of contents
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- First detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet Moving one step closer to finding the fingerprints of life in a habitable planet beyond the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. Read the full story. | Nov 21st 2008 Found in: Atom & Cosmos
- Brain reorganizes to make room for math New research suggests that, as children learn arithmetic, the brain reorganizes dramatically as it shifts from handling only estimates of quantities to attaching precise quantities to symbolic numerals. Read the full story. | Nov 20th 2008 Found in: Body & Brain and Psychology
- Standard model gets right answer for proton, neutron masses Correct calculation strengthens theory of quark-gluon interactions in nuclear particles. Read the full story. | Nov 20th 2008 Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Matter & Energy
- Water-ice deposits found beneath Martian hills Using radar from an orbiting spacecraft to penetrate the hidden recesses of Mars, planetary prospectors have uncovered vast reserves of water-ice buried beneath rocky debris. Read the full story. | Nov 20th 2008 Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Planetary Science
- Mammoth genome approaching completion Genetic material extracted from the hair of woolly mammoths has revealed new information about the extinct creatures, including how closely related they are to modern elephants. Read the full story. | Nov 19th 2008 Found in: Genes & Cells, Life, Paleobiology, Paleontology and Zoology
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Treat HIV-positive babies from the start
11/19/08 - Babies born infected with HIV should be treated as soon as possible, a large trial shows Found in: Body & Brain
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Minus one gene, male mouse is Mr. Mom
11/19/08 - Instead of killing mouse pups, he makes a nest and gets the pups cozy. Found in: Behavior, Biology, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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Superconductivity does the twist
11/19/08 - Electron fluctuations could explain why exotic material conducts without resistance Found in: Matter & Energy, Molecules and Technology
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Sleep makes room for memories
11/18/08 - Study shows sleep reduces harmful buildup of too many connections in the brain Found in: Body & Brain
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This is the teenager’s brain on peer pressure
11/18/08 - Highlights from day four of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting Found in: Behavior, Body & Brain, Humans, Life, Psychology and Science & Society
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Ginkgo biloba fails drug test
11/18/08 - The herb fares no better than placebos in preventing Alzheimer’s disease Found in: Body & Brain
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FOR KIDS: Speedy stars
11/18/08 - A gang of stars on the edge of our galaxy is running away Found in: Science News For Kids
- Forensics’ next tool: Hair-collecting caterpillars
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Moonsleeping bad for spacewalking
11/17/08 - Day three of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting offered news about Down syndrome and sleep cycles. Found in: Behavior, Genes & Cells and Humans
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Your body is mine
11/17/08 - A new experiment indicates that, under the right circumstances, people feel like they have swapped bodies with someone else Found in: Body & Brain and Psychology
California’s Fading Wildflowers: Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions
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