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- Building with moon rocks: Working on the moon with lunar soil and grit could prove easier, more efficient and less costly than using earthly materials
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Web edition: June 29, 2012
Print edition: July 14, 2012; Vol.182 #1 (p. 4)
ENVIRONMENT
Snow layers warm northern soils, reducing how much climate-warming carbon the ground can hold. See “Arctic’s wintry blanket can be warming.”
ON THE SCENE BLOG
A Science News editor visits Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull in “Icelandic volcanoes slumber today, but not forever.”
GENES & CELLS
Sirtuin proteins, associated with longer life spans, also help sync the body’s circadian clock. See more in “Antiaging protein helps set daily rhythms.”
BODY & BRAIN
Untreated fevers during gestation may double the risk of having a child with autism. See “Fever in pregnancy linked to autism.”
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