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8,303 results for: Fish
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Botanical Whales
Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too.
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Trawling the brain
New findings raise questions about reliability of fMRI as gauge of neural activity.
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Humans wonder, anybody home?
Brain structure and circuitry offer clues to consciousness in nonmammals.
- Life
2009 Science News of the Year: Life
Breeding records for sheep on Hirta offer an unusual opportunity to study inheritance. Image Credit: Arpat Ozgul Gentler winters shrink sheepWarming has trumped the benefits of fat to shrink sheep on the remote North Atlantic island of Hirta, a new analytical approach has revealed (SN: 8/1/09, p. 12). Weights for wild female Soay sheep dropped […]
- Chemistry
2009 Science News of the Year: Molecules
Tangles of collagen IV chains link at globules via sulfur-nitrogen bonding (illustrated above). Credit: Courtesy of Science/AAAS New bond in the basementBasements house hidden treasures — including a chemical bond never before seen in living things. Scientists have discovered that collagen fibers in the basement membrane — a tough, structural layer of cells that surrounds […]
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The Ties That Bind
Studies of human social networks go high-tech.
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Let there be light
New technology illuminates neuronal conversations in the brain
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Starting Anew
Scientists turn to lowly creatures to unlock the secrets of regeneration.
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Weed Killer in the Crosshairs
Concerns prompt reexamination of atrazine’s safety.
- Plants
Losing life’s variety
2010 is the deadline set for reversing declines in biodiversity, but little has been accomplished.
- Earth
A fresh look at Mount St. Helens
Nearly 30 years after the peak’s major eruption, recovery has just begun.
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All Patterns Great and Small
Researchers uncover the origins of creatures’ stripes and spots.
