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Life
Stressed-out bird moms, apes’ memories, stick-wielding parrots and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Space
Superdupernovas
A new class of stellar explosion is very bright — and somewhat hard to explain.
By Ron Cowen - Life
Genetics offers more hints about autism
Three studies illustrate why a single cause for autism spectrum disorders has been so difficult to pin down.
- Life
Weeds increasingly immune to herbicides
Agricultural scientists warn that crop yields could drop as a result of emerging resistance.
By Janet Raloff - Space
Atom & Cosmos
NASA’s plans to sample an asteroid, good-bye to Spirit rover, Neptune’s spin and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Life
Marine microbes fritter away jelly bonus
Bacterial feasts during jellyfish blooms drain valuable carbon out of the food web.
By Susan Milius -
- Health & Medicine
Drug prevents some breast cancers
A hormone-blocking compound can waylay some malignancies in healthy women who are deemed at risk.
By Nathan Seppa - Physics
Acoustical Society of America
A new way to cough, music for the deaf, toadfish sonic sabotage and more in meeting news.
By Devin Powell - Humans
Site hints at Asian roots for human genus
An early Homo species inhabited the Caucasus region 1.85 million years ago, casting doubt on its proposed African origin.
By Bruce Bower - Humans
Humans
Lewis and Clark’s gale encounter, nixing college lectures, divorce’s toll on kids and more in this week’s news
By Science News