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  1. Earth

    Quakes may bring nearby rocks closer to rupture

    Lab studies could explain how a seemingly stable geologic fault can fail.

    By Erin Wayman
  2. Health & Medicine

    Drug restores lost hearing

    Loud noises can damage sensitive inner ear cells called hair cells, which in mammals don’t grow back.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Life

    City lights create sexual early birds

    Male blackbirds exposed to nocturnal illumination are ready to mate sooner in spring.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Life

    Corals beat heat by being prepared

    Warming waters have little effect on reef-building organisms that activate adaptive genes before the temperature starts to rise.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Health & Medicine

    Long space missions may be hazardous to your sleep

    Crew on simulated Mars trip moved less and slept more during 520-day project.

    By Laura Sanders
  6. Humans

    Language learning may begin before birth

    Newborns show signs of having tracked moms’ speech while still in the womb.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Chemistry

    Hottest temperature ever measured is a negative one

    Ultracold gas sets record on the kelvin scale.

    By Andrew Grant
  8. Space

    New Martian meteorite is one of a kind

    Rock is water-rich and resembles observed regions of Red Planet’s crust.

    By Tanya Lewis
  9. Health & Medicine

    Inactivated virus shows promise against HIV

    Some patients getting an experimental vaccine therapy developed immunity.

    By Nathan Seppa
  10. Space

    Planets and their sun grow together

    Radio telescopes reveal how nascent bodies funnel gas to their parent star.

    By Alexandra Witze

  11. Links to previous Scicurious blogs

    By Bethany Brookshire
  12. Humans

    International Conference on Complex Sciences

    Researchers at the meeting, held December 5-7 in Santa Fe, N.M., offer insight into spam blocking and sick leave.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg