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Mathematicians find that slicing a pie into fair pieces is harder than divvying up a sheet cake. The problem is that pie cuts are radial, not parallel.Published: Wednesday, March 7th, 2007Found in: Mathematics -
Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles.Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2007Found in: Mathematics -
Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles.Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2007Found in: Mathematics -
Scientific advice on the subject of how much salmon it is safe to eat has been confusing.Published: Monday, January 15th, 2007Found in: Food Science -
Home / Blogs / Food for Thought / Food for Thought : Drinking During Pregnancy Emerges As a Possible Male-Infertility FactorAlcohol consumption during pregnancy increases the risk of undescended testicles in boy babies, and it may contribute to later fertility problems even in boys born without the defect.Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Found in: Nutrition
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The first gliding mammal winged through forests at least 70 million years earlier than scientists had previously presumed, a new fossil shows. The specimen dates from about 150 million years ago, during the time when birds were developing flight."This changes our view about the early evolution of mammals," says Jin Meng of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Scientists had proposed that mammals from that period "lived in the shadow of dinosaurs and were relatively primitive," Meng says. He and his colleagues report the finding in the Dec. 14 Nature.Farmers found the new fo... (p. 417)Published: December 23rd, 2006; Vol.170 #29Found in: Paleontology -
Home / News / December 16th, 2006; Vol.170 #25 / A Fair Slice: New method makes for equitable eatingA new method for cutting cake yields slices that make everyone equally happy. (p. 390)Published: December 16th, 2006; Vol.170 #25Found in: Mathematics -
A new drug-delivery method has dramatically reduced tumors in experiments conducted with mice. (p. 398)Published: December 16th, 2006; Vol.170 #25Found in: Biomedicine
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Researchers have identified a gene responsible for boosting the protein, iron, and zinc content of some varieties of wild wheat by 10 to 15 percent. (p. 382)Published: December 9th, 2006; Vol.170 #24Found in: Agriculture
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In response to a new predator, lizards on several Caribbean islands underwent selection first for long legs and then for short legs. (p. 382)Published: December 9th, 2006; Vol.170 #24Found in: Biology
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Chronic back pain affects different parts of the brain than acute back pain does, magnetic resonance images reveal. (p. 381)Published: December 9th, 2006; Vol.170 #24Found in: Biomedicine
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Scientists have completed the first survey of virus DNA in oceans around the world. (p. 365)Published: December 2nd, 2006; Vol.170 #23Found in: Biology
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Home / News / November 4th, 2006; Vol.170 #19 / Abated Breath: Serotonin problems may contribute to SIDSBabies who die of sudden infant death syndrome show abnormalities in the regulation of the chemical serotonin in their brains. (p. 294)Published: November 4th, 2006; Vol.170 #19Found in: Biomedicine
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Home / News / October 28th, 2006; Vol.170 #18 / A Whale's Tale: Puzzling marine compounds are naturalAntique whale oil shows that some mysterious compounds that resemble DDT and PCBs are naturally produced. (p. 278)Published: October 28th, 2006; Vol.170 #18Found in: Environment -
The first high-resolution images sent by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter support the notion that water once flowed across much of the Red Planet. (p. 260)Published: October 21st, 2006; Vol.170 #17Found in: Planetary Science
