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- Fuzzy future: Kids may suffer impaired vision from spending too little time outdoors, studies suggest
- 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
- Major twister hits Oklahoma: Its speed, which largely determines the damage it causes, is still unknown
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- A study of day traders finds that being in the crowd can lead to better performance.
- With the failure of multiple backup systems, desperate measures are employed to keep at least three reactors from melting down.
- A forensic scientist shares tales from a very special victims unit.
- A genetic study shows that recent international invasions likely originated in the U.S. South, not the species’ native South American range.
- Tests of sulfuric acid on pig carcasses cast doubts on Mafia claims of dissolving murder victims in a matter of minutes.
- A computer program can get supplies to disaster areas efficiently even when the transportation system is part of the problem.
- In a year of federal belt-tightening, the administration prioritizes basic research, education, clean energy and environmental science.
- An assessment of the world’s computing capacity documents a staggering rise in power and storage since 1986.
- Analysis reveals widespread, hidden contamination by the sometimes lethal parasites.
- Faster but fuzzier holographic 3-D teleconferencing debuts.
- High school researchers to present original work in Washington, D.C.
- Metal flipper bands used to tell birds apart hamper survival and reproduction, a 10-year study finds.
- Latest sampling suggests either that microbes have already devoured the most abundant hydrocarbon produced by the leak — or that researchers have simply lost track of it.
- Wild pollinators are catching domesticated honeybee viruses, possibly by touching the same pollen.
- With no good technological solutions, entomologists call on the public to remain eternally vigilant against a resurgent foe.
- IUPAC committee replaces fuzzy atomic weights with more accurate ranges
- An analysis of digitized books probes language change, collective memory and other cultural developments from 1800 to 2000.
- Children in nonsmoking families have higher levels of secondhand exposure if they live in multifamily dwellings.
- Global warming may have begun outpacing the ability of farmers to adapt, new studies report.
- A panel advises raising the dietary allowance for the nutrient, but some scientists say the new recommendations are still woefully low.
- Immediate and substantial action to reduce emissions would be needed to meet climate negotiators' goal of holding warming to a 2 degree Celsius increase, a new package of scientific papers concludes.
- Computer simulations show that the current military helmet lets explosive forces into the head through the face.
- In finding the source of the off-tasting molecule MDMP, researchers hope to point the way to eliminating it.
- A study tracking kids from birth into young adulthood identifies ages 2 to 6 as most crucial for predicting later problems with metabolic syndrome.
- Hunt for lost frog turns up new species in Colombian rain forests.
- Conversations on news sites reveal patterns in how information and ideas spread.
- A new handheld device detects TATP, an explosive that is easy to make but hard to detect.
- As the pace of financial transactions accelerates, researchers look forward to a time when the only limiting factor is the speed of light.
- Prisoners often don’t appreciate likely gains or losses in making decisions, a finding with possible policy implications.
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