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- Life
Giant dinosaurs may have migrated
Evidence in teeth suggests that sauropods sought greener pastures in dry North American summers.
- Health & Medicine
HPV vaccine recommended for boys
A federal panel expands the reach of shots as a separate new study shows the immunizations prevent precancerous anal lesions.
- Earth
A particulate threat to diabetics
As levels of soot and other fine air pollutants increased, so did blood pressure in patients whose disease was not well-controlled, a study finds.
- Life
Cause confirmed in bat scourge
White-nose syndrome has devastated bat population in eastern North America.
- Life
Gut bacteria linked to MS
Gut bacteria appear to play a role in initiating multiple sclerosis in mice.
- Life
Gene makes some pilots get rusty faster
A common DNA variant affects the pace of age-related decline in performance on skilled tasks like flying a plane.
- Humans
Early farmers’ fishy menu
Northern Europeans retained a taste for aquatic foods after farmers arrived 6,000 years ago.
- Health & Medicine
Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association
The mystery of HIV elite controllers, a vaccine against C. difficile, blood transfusion and infection, and contaminated public surfaces.
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In modern circumstances, horror can be downright enjoyable
Most horror movie fans recall unforgettable scenes of spine-chilling thrill with glee. Whether it’s the creepy twins beckoning Danny in The Shining or the dark shadow approaching the shower curtain in Psycho, everyone has a favorite, most terrifying cinematic moment. Which if you think about it, is kind of odd. Favorite and terrifying should not […]
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Letters
Bull’s-eye targeted On the picture in “Galactic bull’s-eye” (SN: 9/24/11, p. 10), I am quite puzzled. Do my eyes deceive me, or is there another bull’s-eye galaxy behind the first, located at the 1 o’clock position? How is this possible? Are these strange objects magically clustered along some line pointing towards us? Jeff Brewer, Newton […]
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Science Past from the issue of November 4, 1961
ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVE — A previously hopeless condition of the heart — a defective heart valve — can now be corrected by successful surgery, it was reported at the American Heart Association meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. Many of the 500 gravely ill patients described by three teams of surgeons who did partial or total […]
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Science Future for November 5, 2011
November 15 The DuPont Challenge science essay competition opens for entries. Learn more at thechallenge.dupont.com November 17 The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books is announced. See bit.ly/bookprz November 19 The “Beyond Earth” exhibit opens at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. See www.amnh.org
