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   Science News of the Year 2002

   A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2002.

   By Science NewsDecember 17, 2002

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   Repeat After Me

   New research suggests that the ability to infer the thoughts and feelings of others grows out of a capacity for imitation exhibited by human infants and perhaps by other animals, as well.

   By Bruce BowerMay 18, 2003

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   Chemistry

   Danger Detection

   Analytical chemists are exploring ways to improve chemical and biological weapons detection.

   By Jessica GormanJune 2, 2003

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   Anthropology

   The Ultimate Colonists

   Human ancestors managed to adjust to life in a variety of ecosystems during the Stone Age, indicating that their social lives were more complex than they've often been given credit for.

   By Bruce BowerJuly 1, 2003

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   Life

   All the World’s a Phage

   There are an amazing number of bacteriophages—viruses that kill bacteria—in the world.

   By John TravisJuly 7, 2003

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   Health & Medicine

   Blood Sugar Fix

   A new class of experimental drugs that mimic the actions of the hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 shows benefits against type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes.

   By Nathan SeppaAugust 12, 2003

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   Animals

   Leashing the Rattlesnake

   Even in the 21st century, there's still room for old-fashioned, do-it-yourself ingenuity in experimental design for studying animal behavior.

   By Susan MiliusSeptember 23, 2003

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   Health & Medicine

   Checkmate for a Child-Killer?

   If a new generation of vaccines pans out, the days of rotavirus, which kills at least 450,000 infants and children every year by causing severe diarrhea, may be numbered.

   By Ben HarderSeptember 24, 2003

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   Visionary Research

   Scientists are debating why primates evolved full color vision and whether that development led to a reduced sense of smell.

   By John TravisOctober 6, 2003

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    Beast Buddies

    As researchers muse about the evolutionary origins of friendship, even the social interactions of giraffes are getting a second look.

    By Susan MiliusOctober 27, 2003

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    Humans

    Undignified Science

    Research advances in 2003 heralded a string of unexpected scientific indignities that will occur in the future, at least in the fevered imagination of one writer.

    By Bruce BowerDecember 16, 2003

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    Science & Society

    Science News of the Year 2003

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2003.

    By Science NewsDecember 16, 2003