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Top Stories | November 8

Hormones give lantern sharks the glow
In a first, a study shows that bioluminescence can be controlled by slow-acting hormones, not rapid-fire nerve cells.
Jérôme Mallefet
Pollination in the pre-flower-power era
Scorpionflies with long-reaching mouthparts may have helped plants procreate long before blossoms evolved.
Science & the Public: Genome 10K: A new ark
Biologists can tell a lot about how living things evolved by rooting around in their genes, comparing snippets of DNA from supposedly related — or unrelated — species. This only works, of course, if catalogs of those DNA snippets exist. Which they largely don’t yet — but could in the not-too-distant future. At least, that is, if a consortium of researchers gets its way — and a boatload of money.
Textbook case of color-changing spider reopened
Female crab spiders switch colors to match flowers but may not fool their prey
On the Scene: From the infectious diseases meeting: What's with the vaccine-o-phobia?
Science News writer Nathan Seppa talks with physicians about people opting out of vaccinations.

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Science News writer Nathan Seppa talks with physicians about people opting out of vaccinations.

When mistaken for females, the guys release an alarming pheromone.

A new study pinpoints migratory songbirds’ magnetic compass in a specific brain region.

Study suggests three dinos placed in separate taxa are actually from one group at different growth stages

For on spider species, feeding on blood-gorged mosquitoes adds charm to a mate

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Acoustical study of male songs shows first evidence of the whales responding musically to each other.

A new study begins to decode pheromone messages and finds that the same chemicals that attract can also maintain the species barrier.

Fossil analyses hint that several species thrived during the world’s largest mass extinction.

A new technique allows scientists to map the 3-D structure of the entire human genome.

Macaque mothers and infants engage in emotional interactions similar to those of human moms and their babies, a new study suggests.

Science & the Public H1N1: Call to revise flu-mask policy
By Janet Raloff Nov 6th 2009

On the Scene A little bit of gamma-ray music
By Science News Staff Nov 5th 2009

Comment NATO committee fosters science’s role in security
By Vigdor Teplitz Nov 6th 2009

Math Trek The four color problem gets a sharp new hue
By Julie Rehmeyer Mar 6th 2009

2008: Science News of the Year

Book Review: Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation by Michael Keller
Review by Sid Perkins
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Book Review: Smallpox — The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer by D.A. Henderson
Review by Nathan Seppa
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