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http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/8638
June 23rd, 2007
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With the help of a molecule from the rabies virus, scientists have for the first time selectively ferried a drug across the blood-brain barrier to treat a neurological disease in mice. (p. 387)
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After tracking how digital information weaves around the world, researchers have concluded that, structurally speaking, the Internet looks like a medusa jellyfish. (p. 387)
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The parasitic worm that causes river blindness seems to be developing resistance to the only drug that controls it. (p. 388)
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A quarry on the Virginia–North Carolina border has yielded fossils of an unusual gliding reptile that lived in the region about 220 million years ago. (p. 388)
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Scientists have grown mouse stem cells on a bed of silicon nano-needles, hoping that they will be able to guide the cells' development through electrical stimulation. (p. 388)
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A faster, simpler manufacturing technique could make a synthetic biofuel into an even stronger competitor to ethanol. (p. 389)
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Fossils found in the head-thrown-back position, the so-called "dead bird" pose, probably died from central nervous system damage. (p. 390)
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Courting male guppies that sport a tad more orange on one side of their bodies than on the other tend to flash that brighter side at females. (p. 390)
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Scientists aboard planes that flew into the cores of Katrina and other hurricanes in 2005 collected unprecedented data on the structure and development of the massive storms. (p. 392)
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After a meteoric rise, stents coated with drugs to prevent renarrowing of clogged arteries have begun to fall from favor among cardiologists. (p. 394)
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People who take rosiglitazone, a popular diabetes drug marketed as Avandia, may face an increased risk of heart attack. (p. 397)
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Perforated shells found in a Moroccan cave indicate that northern Africans made symbolic body ornaments 82,000 years ago, long before Europeans did. (p. 397)
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Moths that make clicking noises at predatory bats are mimicking a defensive signal made by other moths that click and also taste bad. (p. 397)
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Tree rings in ancient timber show that the Colorado Plateau experienced a 60-year drought in the 12th century. (p. 397)
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A new self-healing material can repeatedly repair damage at the same spot. (p. 398)
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Clownfish make "pop-pop-pop" noises at each other by clacking their teeth together in a novel way. (p. 398)
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RNA snippets of a newly discovered type could be involved in the mechanisms of cancer. (p. 398)
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Microscopic, fluorine-packed particles can make small, cancerous growths easier to detect. (p. 398)
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