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  1. Consciousness Emerges

    Somewhere along a tangled path, sights, sounds and insights pop into awareness.

    By Laura Sanders

  2. The Dog Who Couldn’t Stop Loving by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

    Not just an animal lover’s tale, this book looks at recent scientific research on how humans evolved to care for canine companions. THE DOG WHO COULDN’T STOP LOVING BY JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON Harper, 2010, 249 p., $25.99.

    By Science News
  3. Life

    Penguins may sniff out relatives

    A zoo study sees hints of odor-based kin recognition in colony-dwelling birds.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Life

    New gene therapy fixes mistakes

    For the first time scientists have repaired a damaged gene in a living mouse.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Life

    Who reined the dogs in

    New genetic data reveals that Fido likely originated in the Middle East.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Science & Society

    Blood Work

    A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker.

    By Erika Engelhaupt
  7. Humans

    Humans

    A child’s remains reveal early North American life, plus ancient canines and convincing metaphors in this week’s news.

    By Science News
  8. Space

    Former planet may have grown a tail

    Pluto appears to trail a cometlike cloud of gas.

    By Ron Cowen
  9. Animals

    Baboon bosses get stressed for success

    In the wild, the most powerful males reign tensely.

    By Bruce Bower

  10. Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond by Darcy F. Morey

    An anthropologist describes the evolution of the dog and explores how this creature became man’s best friend. DOGS: DOMESTICATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL BOND BY DARCY F. MOREY Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010, 356 p., $45.

    By Science News
  11. Health & Medicine

    Bioengineering better blood vessels

    Durable conduits made with a tough protein produced by living cells might improve options for some patients who need heart bypass surgery or kidney dialysis, a new study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa

  12. Darwin’s Tongues

    Languages, like genes, can tell evolutionary tales.

    By Bruce Bower