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http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/7191
April 1st, 2006
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Children with extremely high IQ scores display a distinctive pattern of brain development, characterized by dramatic thickening and then by marked thinning of brain tissue. (p. 195)
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Widespread sleep deprivation could partly explain the current epidemics of both obesity and diabetes. (p. 195)
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Scientists have created pigs that sport much higher concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids in their tissues than normal pigs do. (p. 196)
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The extraordinary performance of a prototype superconductive wire is encouraging superconductivity specialists, even though the prototype is unlikely to be mass-produced. (p. 196)
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Although a good night's sleep aids memory storage, learning isn't a task that just happens overnight. (p. 197)
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Shallow coral reefs around islands west of Sumatra chronicled the uplift and subsidence that resulted from the massive quakes that struck that region in 2004 and 2005. (p. 197)
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Four propeller-shaped gaps in one of Saturn's main rings are the latest evidence that a shattered moon produced the planet's dazzling hoops. (p. 198)
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With some laboratory detective work, scientists are discovering how various pathogens interact with their targets. (p. 200)
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Ultraslow-spreading undersea ridges are giving oceanographers fresh insights into how Earth's crust forms. (p. 202)
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A newly discovered deep-sea creature has the body of a crab, but with long, fluffy, blonde hair covering its legs. (p. 205)
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A 16-year-old daredevil inadvertently demonstrated the incubation period of a common roundworm after she swallowed an earthworm that harbored larvae of the parasite. (p. 205)
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Woodpeckers cause millions of dollars of damage to homes and buildings each year, but a battery-operated, sound-activated, spider-shaped device installed beneath a home's eaves can help prevent this avian scourge. (p. 205)
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When trying to court a cannibalistic female spider, males of a certain species play dead. (p. 205)
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Physicists have created miniature, laboratory versions of towering snow spikes found high in the Andes Mountains. (p. 206)
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Ultrathin zinc nanowires exhibit a puzzling conductivity reversal that flies in the face of known wire behavior. (p. 206)
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A new microscope system uses electrically controlled fluid motions to counteract Brownian motion, preventing those random jitters from driving proteins, viruses, and other tiny objects out of the field of view. (p. 206)
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