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Invading
Gobies Conquer Great Lakes
In just 9 short years, a scrappy European fish has colonized all of five
Great Lakes and is heading for the Mississippi.
Tropical fruits linked to
parkinsonism
A diet including soursop and related tropical
fruits is linked to Parkinson’s-like diseases that strike the elderly in
the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
Craggy border corrals waves on
tiny drum
Unlike an ordinary round drum, a surface with a
jagged rim can vibrate in some regions while remaining still in others—and
the explanation is somewhat unexpected.
ESP findings
send controversial message
A new analysis of telepathy experiments fails
to demonstrate the phenomenon.
Gene-altered wood may yield more
paper
Aspen trees have been genetically engineered to enable easier and cheaper
production of paper and biofuels.
Attractive tree ISO lemur to
start a family
Some 20 tree species in the dry forests of
Madagascar depend on lemurs to disperse their seeds, and the disappearance
of lemurs in forest fragments appears to threaten the trees.
Tiny earthquakes hint at larger
shocks
The timing of carbon-copy microquakes tells
when stress is building along the San Andreas fault.
Take Me out
to the World Series...of Birding
A brutal test of
brains, endurance, and the ability to make funny noises
We provide an inside look at this intense
event, which draws more than 50 teams to New Jersey every year for a 24-hour
contest of ornithological skill and daring.
Beyond Virtual
Vaccinations
Developing
a digital immune system in bits and bytes
New approaches to
thwarting computer viruses, especially for people doing business over the
Internet, will help computers ward off novel threats.
Biology
The early fetus gets the womb
A
fertilized egg has only 8 days to implant before chances of a successful
pregnancy fall.
Gene proves to be a pain in the back
A defect in a gene
encoding part of the disks between vertebrae may predispose people to back
pain.
Science & Society
More on DOE’s security vulnerabilities
New
investigations at the Energy Department’s defense laboratories confirm
that substantial problems that could have facilitated spying have long
existed.
Ferreting out fraud: The Nordic track
Nordic
agencies investigating science-misconduct charges found few instances of
fraud but several cases of questionable research practices.
Congress loses valued science ally
With the
death of Rep. George E. Brown Jr. (D–Calif.), Congress lost a renowned
advocate for federal investments in science.
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