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- 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 - Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Detecting gunshot residue, free-falling through sand and thinning blood magnetically in this week's news.
By Science News - Earth
Earth/Environment
Flameproofing baby products, early tectonics, the future of tomatoes and more in this week's news.
By Science News - Space
Black hole jets in HD
Images of unprecedented resolution offer insight into how black holes swallow up matter.
By Ron Cowen - Tech
Information flow can reveal dirty deeds
An analysis of Enron e-mails reveals that corrupt networks have a distinctive shape.