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- Physics
Sound cloaks enter the third dimension
Concept could lead to sonar-defeating submarines or noise-cancelling highway barriers.
- Earth
Fungi pull carbon into northern forest soils
Organisms living on tree roots do the lion’s share of sequestering carbon.
- Earth
Kansas was unbearably hot 270 million years ago
Temperatures soared to nearly 74 degrees Celsius, which no plants or animals could endure.
- Health & Medicine
Hepatitis C drug goes after patients’ RNA
An experimental medicine that targets a type of RNA in the liver leads to reduced virus levels in patients.
- Life
Blind cave-dwelling fish also hard of hearing
Two species that live in the dark have worse hearing than do their surface-living cousins.
- Life
Gut microbes may be behind weight loss after gastric bypass
Mice slim down after receiving bacteria transplanted from rodents that had the surgery.
- Psychology
Competition brings out autism’s social side
Given motivation, kids with autism can appreciate what other people think and believe.
- Life
How mammals grow ears: With a flaw
A newly discovered rupture-and-repair process that occurs in embryos could explain a lot about infections and hearing defects.
- Health & Medicine
Experimental malaria drug may be a hot prospect
A synthetic compound attacks the parasite at three stages of infection, early tests show.
- Earth
Landslides detected from afar
Seismic fingerprints can reveal that a rock avalanche has occurred in a remote location.
- Psychology
Early malnutrition bodes ill for adult personality
Undernourishment in first year of life may destabilize personality decades later.
- Physics
Universe is a teeny bit older than thought
Planck satellite reveals information from just after the Big Bang, largely confirming scientists' theories.
