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- Agriculture
Candy cane strategy sweetens life for goldenrods
Goldenrods temporarily duck their heads during pest season
- Space
Lopsided universe demands different explanation
Cosmologists analyzing an apparent asymmetry in the pattern of radiation reveal evidence for a new type of field in the early universe.
- Space
Dark energy constantly with us
New X-ray and visible-light observations of the growth of galaxy groups and clusters are offering confirming evidence for the existence of dark energy and suggest that it may resemble the cosmological constant.
- Health & Medicine
Men line up for circumcision in Africa
But demand for the operation, shown to guard against HIV and other infections, exceeds availability.
- Health & Medicine
Minus one gene, male mouse is Mr. Mom
The last day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting offers new ideas on gender-based behavior, the genetics of creativity, the brain power of motherhood and the non-randomness of blinking.
- Health & Medicine
Feed your brain: News from neuroscience
Highlights from the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting held in Washington, D.C.
- Life
Heat sensors guide insects to a hot meal
Bugs home in on seeds by detecting infrared radiation.
- Humans
Midlife suicides are on the rise
Data gleaned from death certificates indicate that, from 1999 to 2005, middle-aged whites accounted for much of the overall increase in the U.S. suicide rate.
- Earth
Pterodactyls may soar once more
Paleontologists and aeronautical engineers are designing a reconnaissance drone that will mimic the flight of an ancient flying reptile.
- Health & Medicine
Flu shot in pregnancy protects newborns
Mothers-to-be impart antibodies to offspring that pay dividends later
- Health & Medicine
Nobel Prize in medicine given for HIV, HPV discoveries
Three Europeans recognized for linking viruses to AIDS, cervical cancer.
- Physics
Charging up fuel injection
A new device uses an electric field to increase cars’ gas mileage.
