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  1. Humans

    Willpower endures

    A person's ability to resist temptation stays constant throughout life, study suggests.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Humans

    Humans

    High winds presage blustery neighbors, cell phones wasted on the young and more in this week's news.

    By Science News
  3. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Fuel from gator fat, cube-shaped neutrons and more in this week's news.

    By Science News
  4. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    BPA triggers gene changes in people, cleaning drain waters and more in this week's news.

    By Science News
  5. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Lying sea bass labels, marijuana's genome sequenced and more in this week's news.

    By Science News
  6. Humans

    Recession-sensitive parenting

    Economic downturn led to temporarily more severe parenting tactics among genetically predisposed mothers.

    By Bruce Bower

  7. Bypass’s Big Boon

    Scientists spot key players in surgery’s surprising ability to reverse diabetes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Life

    Helping Bats Hold On

    Scientists seek a savior as a deadly fungal pandemic explodes through vulnerable colonies.

    By Janet Raloff
  9. Space

    Flying on Sunshine

    Once futuristic visions, solar sails now take off.

    By Alexandra Witze

  10. BOOK REVIEW: The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time by David Sloan Wilson

    Review by Sid Perkins.

    By Science News

  11. BOOK REVIEW: Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn by Cathy N. Davidson

    Review by Bruce Bower.

    By Science News

  12. Rome: Day One by Andrea Carandini

    An archaeologist puts forth a controversial theory, contending that a king named Romulus scratched out Rome’s boundaries in a day. Princeton Univ. Press, 2011, 172 p., $24.95

    By Science News