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- Environment
Atomic ant sand
Robb Hermes asked for sand ants to get samples of Trinitite, a material created in the test blasts of the first atomic bomb.
- Animals
Eye-tracking cameras show peahens’ wandering gaze
Data show that female birds are not so riveted by their suitors’ magnificence
- Space
Mars meteorite reveals its age
Long difficult to estimate, date of space rocks' formation emerges with new technique.
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Neutrinos caught in evasive behavior
First proof of character shift documented at Japanese detector.
- Life
Rogue genes on X chromosome turn on in testicles
Chunks of rapidly evolving DNA could affect sperm production in males.
- Animals
Dolphins name themselves with a whistle
The marine mammals respond only to their own handles.
- Cosmology
Gold seen in neutron star collision debris
Material ejected in gamma-ray bursts may be a main source of the heavy elements.
- Earth
Millions of years ago, frozen ice sheet in East Antarctica melted
Warming may have caused ice sheet collapse and huge increase in sea level.
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- Math
Systems biology tunes in to cancer networks
If cable TV systems had a channel called The Cancer Network, doctors would be wise to tune in. But there’s no such channel. So for now, they’ll just have to read articles in scientific journals that publish papers on the science of networks. Scientists in the new field of systems biology have made a lot […]
- Life
Gut microbes get first dibs on heart meds
Some people harbor a strain of bacteria that chews through cardiac medication before it can treat symptoms.
