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- 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.
- Animals
Chimp has an ear for talk
Human-raised Panzee challenges the notion that only people can discern acoustically altered words.
By Bruce Bower - Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
A good massage can help, plus bed nets for babies, sugar counteracts fish and more in this week's news.
By Science News - Life
Environment blamed for autism
A new study of twins downplays the role of genes in determining who will get autism.
- Life
DNA hints at polar bears’ Irish ancestry
Mitochondrial genetic analysis suggests a bit o’ hybridizing long ago with brown bears on the Emerald Isle.
By Susan Milius - Life
Life
Happy orangutans, vitamins from pollinators and ancient bug eyes in this week's news
By Science News - Earth
Greenland’s ice sheets face new threat
Subsurface ocean warming is likely to be dramatic in that region, a new study finds.
By Janet Raloff - Humans
Humans
Seeking solace in warmth, plus the risks of payday and the impulsive brain in this week’s news.
By Science News - Earth
Sulfur stalls surface temperature rise
A new study shows how pollutants helped balance out the effects of greenhouse gases from 1998 to 2008.
By Nadia Drake