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Verbal sighting in brains of the blind
Brain areas typically responsible for visual processing instead contribute to verbal skills in blind people.
By Bruce Bower -
Planetary ScienceMartian water everywhere
Combining data taken from two craft orbiting Mars with images and spectra collected by one of the Mars rovers, a scientist has found evidence that a body of water greater in area than all the Great Lakes combined once covered the Red Planet.
By Ron Cowen -
PhysicsTo freeze this liquid, add heat
A wrong-headed mixture of liquid starch, water, and a solvent freezes when heated.
By Peter Weiss -
EarthExtra rainfall may stem warming in Midwest
Increased precipitation in parts of the Midwest may reduce the temperature increases expected to occur in the next few decades as a result of global warming.