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- Math
Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explained
Steepness of slope in dose-response curve tips off researchers to importance of timing in virus’s life cycle.
- Life
Oil spill didn’t hurt seagrass-dwelling juvenile fish
Long-term effects of early exposure to hydrocarbons remains unknown.
By Janet Raloff - Life
Learnin’ lizards
Underrated reptiles figure out what to do when the old rules change.
By Susan Milius - Space
Atom & Cosmos
A Saturnian storm, an asteroid visit, a leaky Betelgeuse and more in this week's news.
By Science News - Space
Astronomers probe matter in early universe
Smeared light from the dawn of time confirms ideas about a mysterious dark energy permeating the cosmos.
- Space
Iapetus gets dusted
Saturn moon gets its yin-yang surface by plowing through a ring of dust.
By Nadia Drake - Humans
Humans
Poorer families take bigger risks, plus untrustworthy mugs and adulterous wives in this week's news.
By Science News - Earth
Simulation tracks ocean’s missing heat
Climate scientists suggest energy is buried deep undersea or released to space.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Tibetan singing bowls, supersized Rubik's Cubes and sound-squeezing soda cans in this week's news
By Science News - Earth
Earth & Environment
Mountaintop mining, plastic fish and the return of the right whale in this week's news
By Science News - Life
Genes & Cells
Chromosomal risks of fertility treatment, vitamin A for vaccines and clues to brain cancer in this week's news.
By Science News - Chemistry
Fats stimulate binge eating
Much like marijuana, fatty foods can spur overeating, a study in rats shows. The new finding also suggests possible therapies to combat the munchies.