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November 30, 2009
As increasingly early puberty ups breast cancer risk, researchers search environment for clues
Cattle plague: An extinction worth celebrating
Copenhagen and Climate Change
Seven Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense
Risk-Taking Teens Have More Mature Brains
The Antikythera Mechanism [Part 2]
The Antikythera Mechanism [Part 1]
What Is the Right Number to Combat Climate Change?
November 29, 2009
Conquering cancer with implants? Bioengineered vaccines and magnetic nanodiscs show promise
November 27, 2009
NFL gains yards in its treatment of players head injuries
Monitoring Live Brains Reveals Plasticity
November 26, 2009
Researchers Turn to Artificial Intelligence and Real Data to Improve War Games
What Explains Past Climate Change?
Single-celled life does a lot with very little
People Hear with Their Skin, As Well As Their Ears
November 25, 2009
Plans for cutting emissions could also benefit health
Inhaling Bacteria with Cigarette Smoke
Say What? Mice that Resist Hearing Loss Could Help Aging Ears
Vibrating Technology Promises to Replace Biopsies in Diagnosing Diseased Tissue
Stem Cells Could Offer New Source for Skin Grafts
New species galore in discoveries around the world
Alzheimers Update: New Insight May Speed Therapies (preview)
November 24, 2009
One for the Ages: Bristlecone Pines Break 4,650-Year Growth Record
Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallaces collection unveiled for the 150th anniversary of Darwins Origin of Species
Are Your Siblings Really Your Siblings?
Darwins Influence on Modern Thought
Darwins Influence on Modern Thought
Watching the Brain Learn
Is Multitasking Limited by a Mental Bottleneck?
Splitting Time from Space--The Evidence
Cheetah cubs wow Tokyo zoo visitors
U.S. downplays climate change talks
November 23, 2009
DNA tests find extinct Siamese crocodile
How much is that drug ad costing taxpayers?
Can Climate Change Cause Conflict? Recent History Suggests So
Swimmers, Hoppers and Fliers: How Do Toxic Chemicals Move Around the Planet?
Cigarettes Are Bacteria Sticks Too
Cigarettes Are Bacteria Sticks, Too
Wanted: Bright Ideas to Change the World
November 21, 2009
H1N1 mutation discovered in Norway
November 20, 2009
Fight to protect California condors from lead ammunition moves to Arizona
What to Do About Endocrine Disruptors? A QA with Linda Birnbaum
Women should undergo fewer Pap tests for cervical cancer, medical group says
Plants Share Light If Neighbor Is Related
Leading British climate centre hacked
Readers Respond on Do Parents Matter?--And More...
War Is Peace: Can Science Fight Media Disinformation?
November 19, 2009
Why do human testicles hang like that?
Cracked Corn: Scientists Solve Maizes Genetic Maze
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
Postwar Baghdad Zoo thrives
How Humanlike Was Ardi?
Foreign Afflictions: Mental Disorders Across Country Borders
November 18, 2009
Skate punkd: Taxonomic oops put rare fish species in danger of extinction
Sinking Global Warming: Is There a Reliable Way to Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels?
BioScapes Photo Contest: 15 Honorable Mentions
Curbing population growth crucial to reducing carbon emissions
Getting Those Varmints to Vamoose without Lethal Measures
Researchers Try to Solve the Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Dont Contract AIDS
Chinas rare earths monopoly
Ability to Guess Others Thoughts Tied to Language Proficiency
Pharaohs Had Heart Disease
Largest East Coast Community-Owned Wind Plant Goes Online
November 17, 2009
Government panel recommends fewer and later mammograms, no self-exams
Hackers indicted for 12-hour ATM attack that netted $9 million
Biologists rally to sequence neglected microbes
Bumping Off Bedbugs without Poison
The American Medical Association eases its stance on marijuana belonging in the most restricted drug category
The AMA eases its stance on marijuana belonging in the most restricted U.S. drug category
The AMA eases its stance on marijuana
Fish Kill: Nanosilver Mutates Fish Embryos
Ask the Brains: Are our Brains Constantly Making Subconscious Calculations?
Putting Madness in Its Place: Can the Environment Explain Schizophrenias Hereditary Patterns?
For Sale: Human Eggs Become a Research Commodity
Darwin In Battle Of Wits Against Unarmed Man
Your Brain on Books
November 16, 2009
Are lower catch limits enough to save the bluefin tuna from extinction?
Grizzly Details: Salmon Collapse Could Be Bad News for Bears [Slide Show]
Renewed Hope for an AIDS Vaccine
Why Bangladesh Water Contains Arsenic
The Will to Power--Is Free Will All in Your Head?
Growing Skyscrapers: The Rise of Vertical Farms (preview)
Growing Skyscrapers: The Rise of Vertical Farms
November 15, 2009
Why pain sometimes lingers
November 14, 2009
New DNA data solves the mystery of Falklands wolf that puzzled Darwin
New DNA data solves the mystery of the Falklands wolf that puzzled Darwin
November 13, 2009
Squashing Malaria: Advances in Research and Prevention [Slide Show]
New recipe looks back for how to feed the world
Nearly extinct giraffe subspecies enjoys conservation success
Taking the Rains: How to Harvest Precipitation for Home and Garden
Are Algae Mass Murderers?
Hope for Copenhagen: Campaign inspires public to call for climate action
Shaken: Journey into the Mind of a Parkinsons Patient [Clip]
Can Alternative Energy Save the Economy and the Climate?
Readers Respond on Grassoline
Calendar: MIND events in November and December
November 12, 2009
Finding Room For New Memories
Out of Africa: The Tobacco Wars New Battleground
Fact or Fiction: Generic Drugs Are Bad for You
New world food crisis looms
Shark gives birth after tank tussle
Why We Worry (preview)
Recommended: A Shadow Falls
Recommended: A Shadow Falls
November 11, 2009
Can Local Governments Solve Global Warming?
Evolution of a single gene linked to language
Study estimates hot air released by the U.S. health care system
Dinosaur discovery in South Africa
Judging A Book By Its Odor
Baked Australia: Water Management Lessons for the World from Down Under
Pollutions Toll on the Brain
New Culprits in Chronic Pain (preview)
A Plastic Albatross
November 10, 2009
What Would Failure at Copenhagen Mean for Climate Change?
Tuna fishing kills an albatross every five minutes
Tuna fishing kills an albatross every 5 minutes
Does Hunting Help or Hurt the Environment?
Sicilian Curse: People Living Near Volcanic Mount Etna Could Face Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancer
Diet And The Brain
Ask the Brains: Why Do We Have Trouble Facing Our Credit Cards the Right Way?
Penile erectile tissue grown in lab
50 Years Ago: The Nutcracker Man
Climate change: Madagascar
The dog cloner
The Mind Is A Mirror
November 09, 2009
How science helped bring down the Berlin wall
Are doctors getting slower or are patients getting sicker?
Butterfly Shows Speciation Signs
The Color of Sin--Why the Good Guys Wear White
Rethinking Hobbits: What They Mean for Human Evolution (preview)
November 08, 2009
Faster route to stem-like cells
November 07, 2009
Planting trees can shift water flow
November 06, 2009
NASA-funded monkey-radiation experiment raises hackles
Dont Let the Bedbugs Bite: Pest Management Proves More Effective than Pesticides
Earliest Pollinator?
Babies Already Have An Accent
Last chance to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction?
Mongolia eyes horse meat amid H1N1
Breast Milk is Best for Newborns, but the Bottle Is Fine, Too
November 05, 2009
Frozen Antarctic lakes yield new viruses
On-pump heart bypass surgery beats out beating-heart technique
Newborns may start honing their mother tongue with their first cries
Being Green: 10 Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt
Brain disease treated by gene therapy
Hungry roos plague outback town
Oldest American artefact unearthed
True Love: How to Find It (preview)
The Dawn of the Green Economy
Will E.T. Look Like Us?
Is the World Outsourcing Its Greenhouse Emissions to China?
November 04, 2009
Jurassic Start: Fossil Pushes Tyrannosaurs Origin Back 10 Million Years
Aftershocks can last for centuries
How You Learn More from Success Than Failure
El Nintilde;o Cycles Threaten Some New World Monkey Populations
Sneezes Provoke Fears Beyond Illness
November 03, 2009
An Elemental Solution: Using Zinc to Stave Off Childhood Diarrhea in Developing Countries
Is BPA Contaminating Your Soup?
How Threatened Are Killer Whales in the Wild?
Human Evolution II: Recent Evolution; and Becoming Human NOVA Preview
Human Evolution II: Recent Evolution; and Becoming Human NOVA Preview
Sugar Negates Worms Life-Extending Mutation
Dangerous Liaisons: How to Deal with a Drama Queen
Could We Be On the Verge of a New Drug to Treat Lupus?
The New Science of Temptation
Could Eating Too Much Soy Be Bad for You?
November 02, 2009
IUCN Red List update: 17,291 species are threatened with extinction
How the Brain Reveals Why We Buy
Lions taste for human flesh dissected
Does Vitamin D Improve Brain Function?
Native American culture sowed seeds of its own collapse