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  1. Life

    How the cheetah loses its spots

    Mutations in one gene alter felines’ coat coloring.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  2. SN Online

    HUMANS Some judges may be more lenient when criminals offer biological explanations for their behavior. See “Psychopaths get time off for bad brains.” NASA, ESA, Sean Farrell/Sydney Institute for Astronomy ATOM & COSMOSAstronomers see a black hole pick up its matter-sucking activity right on schedule. Read “Black hole’s annual feast begins.” BODY & BRAIN Changing […]

    By Science News

  3. Science Future for the issue of October 6, 2012

    October 13–31 Aspiring scientists of all ages can light up a jack-o’-lantern with chemistry, make slime or dissect a cow eye at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.