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- Health & Medicine
Genome 10K: A new ark
Featured blog: Researchers are working to catalog the DNA sequences of just about every vertebrate genus.
By Janet Raloff - Physics
Raindrops go it alone
A new study using a high-speed camera finds the shattering of solitary drips can produce a variety of sizes.
- Health & Medicine
NFL heart profile good, with a caveat
Football players have higher blood pressure on average, new study finds.
By Nathan Seppa - Science & Society
All in a Day’s Work: Careers Using Science by Megan Sullivan
NSTA Press, 2008, 140 p., $15.95.
By Science News -
A black future
Without destroying the Earth, the Large Hadron Collider might help humans explore the cosmos.
- Life
Mother right whales know best, maybe
Southern right whales learn where to eat from mom and may not seek new feeding grounds if these favorite restaurants go belly-up.
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Breaking it Down
Studies of how things fall apart may lead to materials that don’t.
- Health & Medicine
Swine flu genetics suggest a vaccine is possible
So far, strain's contagion appears on par with that of a seasonal flu outbreak. Vaccine would be at least months away.
By Nathan Seppa -
More science for science writers
More dispatches from the 47th annual New Horizons in Science meeting, sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and held this year in Austin, Texas.
By Science News - Tech
Book Review: The Inner History of Devices by Sherry Turkle, ed.
Review by Elizabeth Quill.
By Science News - Health & Medicine
Undiagnosed diabetes is costly
A new study quantifies the number of Americans who don't realize they have diabetes — and the costs they pay to deal with it.
By Janet Raloff - Health & Medicine
Parasites hinder immunity against cholera
Harboring intestinal parasites seems to limit a person’s ability to fend off cholera, a new study conducted in Bangladesh shows.
By Nathan Seppa