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In the December 5 Issue:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
- Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
- Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance
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A new analysis of human bones unearthed in one deposit at a Neolithic site in Germany (left) led researchers to conclude that people had been cut apart and eaten there, perhaps as part of a ritual sacrifice. Another deposit (right) contained human skullcaps typical of those found throughout the site. Full Story F. Haak, GDKE Rheinland-Pfalz, Direktion Archaologie, Speyer
- Targeting microRNA knocks out hepatitis C Blocking a small molecule, a new drug reduces levels of the virus, chimp study shows. Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
- Ocean's carbon dioxide uptake varies year to year Data taken hourly by cargo ships show that how much of the greenhouse gas North Atlantic waters absorb varies more than thought. Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Climate Change, Earth and Earth Science
- The apnea and the ecstasy Users of the illicit drug have more bouts of sleep apnea, a dangerous nighttime breathing disorder. Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
- Amino acid recipe could be right for long life In fruit flies, a low-calorie diet with extra methionine extends lifespan without harming fertility Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
- Gene stops tumors, but only when it's gone When a single copy of the microRNA processor Dicer is disabled, cancer can become more deadly. Removing Dicer completely, though, stops tumors. Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
- Loneliness is contagious, study suggests An analysis of social networks finds that people who feel isolated may spread mistrust among others. Read the full story. | Dec 1st 2009 Found in: Behavior and Humans
- Discerning pancreatic cancer from pancreatitis New test shows patients with autoimmune pancreatitis are more likely to have a telltale antibody. Read the full story. | Nov 29th 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
- Bone regulators moonlight in the brain as fever inducers Study in mice suggests proteins could be source of post-menopausal hot flashes. Read the full story. | Nov 25th 2009 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
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- Bird feeding, migration change may split a species
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Contested signs of mass cannibalism
12.3.09 - A research team argues that hundreds of people were butchered and eaten at a 7,000-year-old German site Found in: Anthropology and Humans
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Star outweighed any known in Milky Way
12.2.09 - Supernova was a big blast, challenging theories of how stars live and die Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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FOR KIDS: Moon crash, splash
12.2.09 - NASA scientists smash a rocket into the moon and discover water vapor and ice in a lunar crater Found in: Science News For Kids
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FOR KIDS: Flower family knows its roots
12.2.09 - Impatiens wildflowers seem to know who's sharing their soil Found in: Science News For Kids
- Poached hammerhead fins traced to endangered populations
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Elusive triangular snowflakes explained
12.1.09 - Dust particles, wind and aerodynamics could steer some flakes toward a three-sided fate Found in: Molecules
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Major eruption cooled the climate but went unnoticed
11.30.09 - Ice-core records suggest that a major 1809 eruption cooled Earth even before the Tambora eruption and 'the year without a summer' Found in: Earth, Earth Science and Paleontology
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World's biggest atom smasher sets first record
11.30.09 - Large Hadron Collider generates highest-energy proton beams yet Found in: Atom & Cosmos
- Little push turns snail lefties to righties
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A timely touch transforms speech perception
11.25.09 - Air puffs on the hand or neck influence people’s ability to hear certain spoken sounds. Found in: Humans and Psychology
- Fecal architecture is beetle armor
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GPS bolsters view that big Cascadia quakes could hit inland
11.24.09 - Satellite tracking hones picture of fault dynamics Found in: Earth and Earth Science
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How to mix oil and water
11.24.09 - Bouncing an oil-coated water droplet creates tiny emulsion Found in: Physics
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