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- E(14 trillion eV )=m(?)c(close to the speed of light ) squared: This fall, the massive Large Hadron Collider beneath France and Switzerland will switch on
- Stranded: A whale of a mystery: Scientists generally agree that sonar can trigger strandings of certain whales, but no one really knows what leads these deep divers to the beach
- Sick and down: To fight off an infection or illness, the body shifts into a slow-down mode that mirrors some symptoms of depression. In fact, scientists now think the immune response itself may even cause the mood disorder.
- This week's table of contents
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May 10th, 2008
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New clothes for the modern media climate, but no departure from traditional purpose for Science News.
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Scientists are exploring strategies for capturing carbon dioxide and storing it safely away in order to limit the levels of that greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
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Animal and human studies suggest that a girl with a twin brother may never completely escape the influence of her opposite-sex womb-mate.
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New studies bid a fond farewell to nanobacteria -- the extremely tiny “microorganisms” that have sparked controversy and may cause disease.
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Multitasking while driving may exceed brain's capacity, a new study finds.
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Little islanders did not have a growth disorder
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Moeritherium, ancient relatives of modern elephants, may have spent much of their time in lakes, rivers or swamps.
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Fossil dig uncovers the oldest known remains of ancestral gibbons
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Scientists have added another plant to the genome-sequencing roster: the tropical fruit tree papaya.
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Ravaged Canadian region switches from carbon sink to net carbon source.
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Mouth bacteria unleash inflammation-inducing protein
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A drug once envisioned as a treatment for cancer might instead prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer.
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More than 26,000 years ago, the Milky Way's central black hole suddenly but fleetingly increases its X-ray output.
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Physicists haggle over WIMPS.
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Astronomers are exploring a new family of planets beyond the solar system.
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Birds eating arachnids get high dose of toxic metal as mercury climbs up the food chain.
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Insects and Bats May Face Confusion
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A lake of meltwater atop Greenland's ice sheet wedged open a crack in the underlying ice that drained the lake dry.
