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- Health & Medicine
Lead’s legacy
High levels of lead in the blood during childhood are associated with smaller brains and with an increased risk for violent criminal behavior, report two new studies.
- Life
Two-mommy bird nests
Researchers have found an unexpected number of two-female nests in Oahu’s bird colony.
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- Health & Medicine
Stunning reversal
A man’s irregular heartbeat returns to normal after he is shocked with a Taser, the first report of such an effect.
- Ecosystems
That sinking feeling
The sea level rise expected in the coming century will swamp the Everglades unless current management is adjusted or climate change is curbed.
- Space
Martian dig delayed
The Phoenix Mars Lander was in good health after its safe May 25 landing on the Red Planet, but a communication problem delayed plans to unlatch its robotic digging arm.
- Health & Medicine
Tracking obesity
New data suggest that childhood obesity in the United States may have leveled off between 1999 and 2006.
- Ecosystems
Better than a local lady
Orchids lure male pollinators by mimicking the scent of out-of-town female bees.
- Chemistry
Bug be gone
Using software that mimics neural networks, researchers have found new mosquito repellents that last longer than commercially available repellent.
- Life
Fly fountain of youth
Hanging out with young, healthy flies helps fruit flies with a mutation that causes neurodegeneration live longer.
- Planetary Science
See how it lands
A camera on a Mars-orbiting spacecraft caught an image of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute just before it descended onto the Red Planet’s northern plains on May 25.
- Planetary Science
Touchdown! Phoenix lands on Mars
The first close-up color images of the northern arctic circle on the Red Planet were recorded by the Mars Phoenix Lander spacecraft only a few hours after its flawless descent at 7:38 p.m. EDT, May 25. The detailed images suggest ice lies beneath the hard soil.
