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The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us by Jeffrey Kluger
A review of recent research shows how siblings affect each other, covering topics such as birth order, blended families and parents who play favorites. Riverhead Books, 2011, 320 p., $26.95
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BOOK REVIEW: Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World by Emma Marris
Review by Janet Raloff.
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BOOK REVIEW: Epigenetics: The Ultimate Mystery of Inheritance by Richard C. Francis
Review by Tina Hesman Saey.
- Life
Genes & Cells
How nanotubes trigger a cell’s gag reflex, the skulking 1918 flu and more in this week’s news.
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- Life
Penguins may sniff out relatives
A zoo study sees hints of odor-based kin recognition in colony-dwelling birds.
- Life
XMRV tie to chronic fatigue debunked
A virus that was tied to the mysterious syndrome by 2009 research appears to have been a laboratory contaminant.
- Humans
Humans reached Asia in two waves
New genetic data show that some early migrants interbred with a mysterious Neandertal sister group.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
When the brain learns to feel pain, kids’ effect on paternal testosterone and more in this week’s news.
- Chemistry
Science gets the deets on DEET
New research demonstrates how insect repellent may mix up mosquitoes’ smelling machinery.
