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http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/5827
January 29th, 2005
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Sexual reproduction started billions of years ago, as soon as life forms that have nuclei and organelles within their cells branched off from their structurally simpler ancestors. (p. 67)
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Brain areas that are usually devoted solely to vision can take on new duties following severe or total sight loss. (p. 67)
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Complex networks, including the World Wide Web, have a common architecture with snowflakes and trees. (p. 68)
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People who grow up with younger siblings close to them in age are less likely to develop multiple sclerosis later in life than are people without such siblings. (p. 68)
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Behind a Venus flytrap's rapid snap lies an extraordinary shape-changing mechanism. (p. 69)
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Microbes dwelling in Yellowstone National Park's hot springs draw their energy not from sulfur but from hydrogen. (p. 69)
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Forty high school students have each earned a slot in the final round of the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search. (p. 70)
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Devices called brain-computer interfaces could give paralyzed patients the ability to flex mechanical limbs, steer a motorized wheelchair, or operate robots through sheer brainpower. (p. 72)
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Scientists are finding that the driving force behind a volcanic explosion is the same thing that propels spewing soda pop: bubbles. (p. 74)
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A 15-year-old girl in Wisconsin has survived a rabies infection without receiving the rabies vaccine, a first in medical history. (p. 77)
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Forcing air through strategically placed slits on a tractor trailer results in a major boost in fuel economy. (p. 78)
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Scientists have created artificial cells that can live and produce proteins as their natural counterparts do, but can't replicate. (p. 78)
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A device for manipulating liquid droplets turns out to have the unexpected ability to fabricate tiny, solid balls with unusual, and potentially useful, patterned structures inside. (p. 78)
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A simple urine test can warn women that they have an increased risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous complication of pregnancy. (p. 78)
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(p. 79)
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