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  1. Computing

    Machine versus manhole

    Computer scientists take on one of New York’s weirder quality-of-life issues: which will be the next to explode?

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Life

    Ocean acidification may make fish foolhardy

    Rising carbon dioxide alters fish larvae’s sense of smell, which they use to avoid predators and find their way home.

    By Gwyneth Dickey
  3. Psychology

    Voter madness

    Sports outcomes can influence politicians’ performance at the polls.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine for Marburg virus passes monkey test

    Tests suggest that the lethal hemorrhagic virus can be stopped if countered soon after exposure.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Climate

    Methane releases in arctic seas could wreak devastation

    Warming climate could lead to dead zones, acidification and shifts at the base of the ocean’s food chain.

    By Sid Perkins
  6. Tech

    What Jefferson was thinking

    Imaging technology reveals a last-minute revision to the Declaration of Independence.

    By Janet Raloff
  7. Humans

    Botox injections put a crease in emotional evaluations

    By immobilizing a muscle needed for frowning, Botox injections may interfere with a person’s ability to assess others’ emotions.

    By Bruce Bower
  8. Life

    Saber-toothed cats strong-armed prey

    Smilodon fatalis used strong forelimbs to pin victims, an analysis of fossils shows.

    By Gwyneth Dickey

  9. Safety in Numbers

    Mathematics offers innovative weapons for fighting terrorism.

    By Laura Sanders

  10. Enzymes Exposed

    Clearer views of the cell’s movers and shakers threaten a century-old mainstay of biology.

    By Lisa Grossman

  11. All Patterns Great and Small

    Researchers uncover the origins of creatures’ stripes and spots.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  12. Science Future for July 17, 2010

    July 25 – 29 An international group of animal behavior specialists meets in Williamsburg, Va. See animalbehaviorsociety.org/absmeetings August 22 – 26 The fall meeting of the American Chemical Society is held in Boston. See www.acs.org September 1 Deadline to submit videos for Science’s “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest. See submission guidelines at gonzolabs.org/dance

    By Science News