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Letters from the September 11, 2004, issue of Science News
Say what? I don’t think anyone should be surprised that squirrels have figured out how to say “nyah, nyah” to rattlesnakes (“Ultrasound alarms by ground squirrels,” SN: 7/3/04, p. 14: Ultrasound alarms by ground squirrels). After all, it’s what they’ve been saying to cats, dogs, and bird-feeder owning humans for years. R. Kelly WagnerAustin, Texas […]
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When Birds Go to Town
Urban settings offer enterprising critters new opportunities — if they can cope with the challenges
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Lopped Off
Removal of top predators trickles through the food web.
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Darwin’s Tongues
Languages, like genes, can tell evolutionary tales.
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2011 Science News of the Year: Body & Brain
CHAD SHAW, BRIAN DAWSON, YASUNARI SAKAI, H. ZOGHBI Sifting through autism’s tangled web Each person with an autism spectrum disorder has a different disease, yet some commonalities exist, a flurry of studies reveals (SN: 8/13/11, p. 20). Though the finds don’t point to a clear cause or a cure, they inch researchers closer to a […]
- Neuroscience
Self as Symbol
The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves.
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Consciousness Emerges
Somewhere along a tangled path, sights, sounds and insights pop into awareness.
- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1950s
DNA's structure revealed and other highlights, 1950–59
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Plumbing the Archives
A meditation on 90 years of Science News.
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Mixed Results
Having the right blend of animal personalities can make or break a group
