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Honey: More Than Sweet

September 12, 1998 | Volume 154 | Number 11

Cover: Antioxidant-rich honeys, usually the darker ones, may find a new use as preservatives in fruits, meats, and even skin-care products.
(Photo: National Honey Board)

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News of the Week:

Full TextCraft Finds New Evidence of Magnetars

ReferencesCopious emissions of gamma rays on August 27 from a nearby star point to the existence of magnetars, the most highly magnetized stars postulated in the universe.

 

 

Culture of honor reveals a violent streak

ReferencesData on homicides, hobbies, and political choices associates stable families and communities with violence in the South and the West, where a culture of honor persists.

 

 

Sight unseen: Quantum errors found, fixed

ReferencesError correction for quantum computers, an ability required for practical operations, passes its first real-world test.

 

 

Full TextTamoxifen clears hurdle to new use

ReferencesAn expert panel advised U.S. regulators to approve a powerful but toxic drug to cut a woman’s short-term risk of breast cancer, but European scientists argued the move was premature.

 

 

A sugarfree beet that tastes just as sweet

ReferencesGenetically engineered sugar beets make fructan, a low-calorie sweetener.

 

 

Single gene invites worms to dinner party

ReferencesWhether a worm strain diplays solitary or social eating behavior is determined by natural variation in a single gene.

 

 

A protein is pivotal in prostate cancer

ReferencesDestruction of a cancer-suppressing protein occurs most often in the most aggressive prostate cancers.

 

Research Notes:

Biology

Why are so many bumblebees male?

ReferencesThe puzzling excess of male bumblebees may arise from reproductive economics and the tendency of males to mature first.

 

 

How fish find brothers and sisters

ReferencesFish that recognize siblings they’ve never met may be checking cues controlled by immune-system genes.

 

 

For longer life, give her a choice

ReferencesIf female fruit flies have a choice of mates for 10 generations, offspring will live longer than flies from lineages in which females get only one possible mate.

 

Behavior

Social disconnections on-line

ReferencesDuring the first 2 years of Internet use, people experience slightly more loneliness and mental distress.

 

 

Moving clues to dyslexia

ReferencesNew brain imaging data support the notion that a disturbance of visual motion perception contributes to severe reading problems.

 

Astronomy

The sounds of spirals

ReferencesSound waves may have sculpted the spiral pattern of gas and dust in the inner region of a galaxy.

 

Biomedicine

Two embryos are better than three

ReferencesChoosing a small number of the best embryos allows doctors to decrease the risk of multiple births by women using in vitro fertilization.

 

 

Drug smokers have precancerous signs

ReferencesLung biopsies of marijuana and cocaine smokers show traits that appear to be precursors of cancer.

 

Articles:

Full TextThe Color of Honey

A sweetener that bee-devils food spoilage

ReferencesAntioxidant-rich honey may find a new use as a preservative in fruits, meats, and even skin-care products.

 

 

The Science of EEEEEK!

What a squeak can tell researchers about life, society, and all that

ReferencesScientists are focusing on animal alarm calls to test complex ideas about communication and evolution.

 

 

Letters:      A Selection from Letters to the Editor

 

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