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March 31, 2010
Gorillas in the list: New extinction fears for central African gorillas
Wheres my genome sequence? Almost 10 years after the human genome was drafted, many genomics goals remain unrealized
Static over Statins: Should Young People Without Cholesterol Problems Take Statins?
Who Funds Contrariness on Climate Change?
Farm Pesticides Linked to Skin Cancer
Veteran Women BioMed Researchers Still Shortchanged
This Really Wont Hurt a Bit: Wireless Sensor Promises Diabetics Noninvasive Blood Sugar Readings
Climate Unit Cleared of Data Manipulation, Criticized for Stonewalling Skeptics
March 30, 2010
BPA a chemical of concern, EPA makes it official
BPA a chemical of concern--EPA makes it official
District court overturns patents on breast cancer genes
Race to Introduce Genetically Modified Maize to Stave Off Climate Change Impacts in Africa
Shell Shock: U.S. State Department bans shrimp imports from Mexico to protect endangered turtles
Elephants Divvy Up The Leg Work
Animal studies paint misleading picture
Can Newborn Neurons Prevent Addiction?
March 29, 2010
Truffles savoury secret revealed
Bats retune echolocation and use suns glow to navigate near and far
Bats retune echolocation and use the suns glow to navigate near and far
Bats re-tune echolocation and use the suns glow to navigate near and far
Thinking on the Envelope: Finding a Medical Silver Bullet to Disable Many of the Worlds Deadliest Viruses
Splitting Sclerosis: by Nature Video
The Bearable Density of Bird Bones
The Hidden Life of Truffles (preview)
March 28, 2010
Addicted to Fat: Overeating May Alter the Brain as Much as Hard Drugs
Bye Bye Bluefin Tuna
Bye-Bye Bluefin Tuna
March 26, 2010
NIH drugmakers upgrade their digs
Readers Respond to Rational and Irrational Thought--And More...
100 150 Years Ago: Card Cheats
100 Years Ago: Card Cheats
March 25, 2010
Philadelphia Seeks Ban on Natural Gas-Drilling Method
Government a Counting: Does the U.S. Census Need a 21st-Century Makeover?
Last Supper Keeps Swelling
Shark fin soup: CITES fails to protect 5 species of sharks from overfishing and finning
Shark fin soup: CITES fails to protect 5 species of sharks from overfishing and finning
March 24, 2010
Soils emitting more carbon dioxide
H1N1 shares key similar structures to 1918 flu, providing research avenues for better vaccines
Animal Lovers: Zoophiles Make Scientists Rethink Human Sexuality
No Bones about It: Ancient DNA from Siberia Hints at Previously Unknown Human Relative
Minor victories for tigers, elephants and rhinos at CITES meeting
Neuroscientists dont believe in souls#8212;but that doesnt mean they cant sell theirs
Neuroscientists dont believe in souls--But that doesnt mean they cant sell theirs
March 23, 2010
Manatee deaths jump to new record in Florida
US health bill promises changes for biomedical researchers
An hour of daily exercise helped women stay trim--if they had normal BMIs
Sushi-cide: Secret ballot kills hopes for bluefin tuna protections
Can Climate Models Predict Global Warmings Direct Effects in Your City?
Stomach Cells Happier with Dark Roast Coffee
How to Erase Fear -- in Humans
How to Erase Fear--in Humans
March 22, 2010
French hospitals make progress in battle against MRSA through large-scale prevention and monitoring
Has Global Warming Slowed?
Aquatic invasion: Scientists find first amphibious insect species
Attempt to Allow Sale of Elephant Ivory Fails
How to Improve Monitoring of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Hunting for Projects to Help Fish and Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change
March 21, 2010
Cancer genes silenced in humans
Chronic Pain Relief
March 20, 2010
Human ancestors walked comfortably upright 3.6 million years ago, new footprint study says
March 19, 2010
Nuclear Commission fines VA over botched prostate cancer radiation therapies
Whale sedation aids conservation
Room for Debate: Where, If Anywhere, Is NASA Headed?
Dismiss dinosaurs as failures...and pave a path to a bleak future
Graphene used to make a hydrogen molecule parking garage
The Ethical Dog
Puberty: A Time For Less Learning
Boundaries for a Healthy Planet (preview)
Bugs off: Habitat loss killing Europes butterflies, beetles and dragonflies
March 18, 2010
Which sperm will win the race to the egg: the green one or the red one?
Polar bear, bluefin tuna trade bans rejected
Transcription factors boost genetic differences to make individuals unique
Caviar hunters push sturgeon to extinctions edge
EPA to begin study on shale gas drilling
Are You Mentally Healthy? (preview)
Study: High Arctics biodiversity down 26 percent since 1970
Small Dogs Prove Susceptible to Flea Poison
March 17, 2010
Hominins lived on Flores for nearly one million years before hobbit
Hominins lived on Flores for nearly 1 million years before the hobbit
Pregnant male fish can choose to make good babies better or abort (and consume) them
Glimmer of hope: A Tasmanian devil colony displays possible immunity to deadly facial tumor disease
Can Local Domes of Carbon Dioxide Affect Human Health?
Male pregnancy: The dark side
Living On a New Earth
March 16, 2010
Neuroframing the global warming issue wont win converts
U.N. meeting asked to regulate world shark trade
Breaking the Climate Debate Logjam
Your Microbes Give You Away
In Teen Music Choices, Anxiety Rules
March 15, 2010
CO2 at new highs despite economic slowdown
Thin Wallets, Thick Waistlines: New U.S.D.A. Effort Targets Link between Obesity and Food Stamps
Thin Wallets, Thick Waistlines: New USDA Effort Targets Link between Obesity and Food Stamps
Aristotles Error
Climate Change: A Controlled Experiment (preview)
March 14, 2010
Report: Climate change is taking a toll on U.S. bird populations
March 13, 2010
Advances in disease surveillance: Putting the public into public health
March 12, 2010
Consciousness-Raising: Kick-Starting the Brains Dopamine System May Revive Some Vegetative Patients
Bluefin fishing ban to be proposed
Gene Target Beats Oil Remedy
MIND Reviews: The Other Brain
Condoms for the World Cup and other ways to keep HIV at bay
March 11, 2010
If Darwin were a sports psychologist: Evolution and athletics
Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving whale
Researchers Gain New Insights into the Mystery of Thalidomide-Caused Birth Defects
A New Spin on Conductivity: Electric Signals Can Propagate through an Insulator
New Hope for Battling Brain Cancer (preview)
Divining the Right Drug
Malaria rates drop in the Americas, but travelers still worry
Japan fish sellers blasts tuna ban
March 10, 2010
Genomes for the whole family
Chickens split sex identity revealed
TB or Not TB?: Novel Detector Could Shorten Testing Times, Aid Treatment Efforts
Auto-dicted: Sans a Major Diversion of U.S. Transportation Dollars to Mass Transit, Urban Traffic Congestion May Not Ease
Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments
Message To Mosquitoes: Urine Trouble
Chimps Talk with Their Hands
End-of-Days Danger
Ones Enough: People Who Donate a Kidney Live Just as Long as Those Who Dont
Pristine DNA discovered in fossilized eggshells
March 09, 2010
Fighting aliens with aliens: U.K. imports insect species to tackle invasive plant
Belief in the Brain
Does Getting Fat Protect Against Fat?
March 08, 2010
Shellfish Could Supplant Tree-ring Climate Data
Seeing the Little Picture: Novel Nanocoating Gives Atomic Force Microscope Users a Better Look at Individual Molecules
Accents Trump Skin Color
March 07, 2010
USA memory championship
Another reason vitamin D is important: it gets T cells going
March 06, 2010
Web addicted couple starves baby
Endangered in a Dangerous Land: Afghanistan expands its protected species list, including the worlds least-known bird
March 05, 2010
Genetics in the Gut: Intestinal Microbes Could Drive Obesity and Other Health Issues
What Can Past Climate Change Reveal about Human Adaptation?
Want TV in 3-D? Then Youll Still Have to Wear Silly Glasses--At Least for Another Decade
Mosquitoes, Not Birds, Made West Nile National
Playing the Body Electric
Recommended: Amazing Animals ... And More
March 04, 2010
Extinct Australian frog reappears 30 years after last sighting
Fish Fry: How Will a Warming World Impact U.S. Trout Populations?
Impact Factor: Can a Scientific Retraction Change Public Opinion?
Dinosaurlike creature spread in Triassic times
The Brain and the Written Word (preview)
The Deadliest Catch: A Proposed Trade Ban Could Take Bluefin Tuna off the Menu
March 03, 2010
Gut bacteria gene complement dwarfs human genome
A plan to protect Tanzanias flamingos also encourages rare cooperation among African nations
Tough lessons from Dutch Q fever outbreak
Waste Land: Does the Large Amount of Food Discarded in the U.S. Take a Toll on the Environment?
Climate change will impact infectious diseases worldwide, but questions remain as to how
Do Stolen Emails Show Climate Science Malfeasance?
Do Stolen E-Mails Show Climate Science Malfeasance?
Toxic Gas, Lifesaver (preview)
Whale Predecessors Had 100-Million-Year Run
March 02, 2010
A Common Herbicide Turns Some Male Frogs into Females
No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head
Jailhouse Plot: Some Correctional Facilities Put Prisoners to Work Growing Produce
Accentuating the Negative
Sinking Ships Imply Atruism Takes Time
Sinking Ships Imply Altruism Takes Time
Antidepressants: Do They Work or Dont They?
March 01, 2010
Down the Hatch(ling): Nest-Raiding Snake Gulped New Born Titanosaurs
Down the Hatch(ling): Nest-Raiding Snake Gulped Newborn Titanosaurs
Climate Change Likely Caused Polar Bear to Evolve Quickly
A Bushel of Facts About the Uniqueness of Human Pubic Hair
Why Chile fared better than Haiti
Environmentalists Sue to Declare Whitebark Pine Endangered
Could Mini Labs and Plant-Based Vaccines Stop the Next Pandemic?
Bigger Animals Keep a Stiff Lower Foot
Abuse and Attachment