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- Neuroscience
Self as Symbol
The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves.
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The Digital Camera Revolution
Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways.
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Head Agony
Jumpy cells may underlie migraine’s sensory storm.
- Climate
Soil’s Hidden Secrets
Shocking discoveries from the underground may shake up climate science.
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2011 Science News of the Year: Atom & Cosmos
Not so fast, neutrinos News of particles zipping along faster than light (SN: 10/22/11, p. 18) was met with universal skepticism — including from the physicists in Italy who reported the results. But the Gran Sasso National Laboratory’s OPERA team hasn’t found any source of error that could explain how the neutrinos appeared to shave […]
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2011 Science News of the Year: Nutrition
Howard Oates/Istockphoto The value of vitamin D The simmering debate over vitamin D came to a boil as the scientific organization representing hormone experts embraced daily recommendations for the vitamin that far exceed those put forward in late 2010 by a U.S. Institute of Medicine panel. The Endocrine Society asserted in July that people need […]
