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It’s written all over your face: To potential mates, your mug may reveal more than you think
Team spirit: Working together, bacteria and other microbes can accomplish much more than they can alone. Now scientists hope to harness that ability by engineering their own microbial consortia.
For a big view of inner Earth, catch a few…Geoneutrinos
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Dogs will go on strike over unfair treats

Equal sausage demanded for equal paw shakes.
Found in: Biology, Life and Zoology
FOR KIDS: Caterpillars tattletale to police

Clothes moth larvae snack on hair from corpses, providing police with genetic clues.
Found in: Life, Science & Society, Science News For Kids and Zoology
Honeybee CSI: Why dead bodies can’t be found

Virus could explain one symptom of colony collapse.
Found in: Agriculture, Biology, Ecology, Environment, Food Science, Science & Society and Zoology
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.
Found in: Genes & Cells, Life, Paleobiology, Paleontology and Zoology
Forensics’ next tool: Hair-collecting caterpillars

First human DNA extraction from hair bits in moth larval case.
Found in: Biology, Life and Zoology
FOR KIDS: Hungry bug seeks hot meal

A seed-loving insect finds food by sensing its temperature.
Found in: Biology, Life, Science News For Kids and Zoology
FOR KIDS: White fuzzy mold not as friendly as it looks

New type of mold may be a bat killer.
Found in: Biology, Life, Science News For Kids and Zoology
FOR KIDS: The search for the missing fossils

Scientists discover fossils of a creature that had both fish and land animal features.
Found in: Life, Paleontology, Science News For Kids and Zoology
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Sights and Sounds

Photography

Atom Flipping
New equations for better MRI

Blogs:

Science & the Public Big Increase Coming for NIH — Maybe
By Janet Raloff Dec 19th 2008

Columns:

Comment SESAME opens doors to international collaboration
By Herman Winick Jan 2nd 2009

Math Trek The Sudoku solution
By Julie Rehmeyer Dec 23rd 2008

Not to Miss:

2008: Science News of the Year

Thwarting tree poachers

Pulsars in a new light

Guest column from Steven Chu

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