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  1. Health & Medicine

    New software aids virtual colonoscopy

    A computer program helps radiologists spot dangerous growths in the colon without probing inside the body.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Academic Cost of Food Insecurity

    Grade school children who come from households where food supplies are not always adequate exhibit more behavioral problems and poorer reading and math skills than do kids who have ample access to nutritious food.

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  3. Humans

    From the December 7, 1935, issue

    Indian art at Boulder Dam, ice under pressure, and vitamin A's role in vision.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Beyond Hearing: Cochlear implants work best when given early

    Children born deaf who receive cochlear implants as toddlers show brain activity that's more normal than that of children getting the implants later in childhood.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    3-D Vision: New technique could improve breast cancer screening, diagnosis

    An experimental alternative to standard mammography could, by the end of this decade, become an essential tool for spotting breast cancer.

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  6. Humans

    Gerald F. Tape (1915–2005)

    Gerald Tape, who served on the Science Service Board of Trustees for more than 30 years, died Nov. 20.

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  7. Humans

    Letters from the December 10, 2005, issue of Science News

    Big Bang bashing The recent discovery of “mature” galaxies at distances corresponding to the remote cosmic past (“Crisis in the Cosmos? Galaxy formation theory is in peril,” SN: 10/8/05, p. 235) threatens more than galaxy-formation theory. It threatens to shatter the increasingly fragile Big Bang paradigm by showing that the composition of the cosmos is […]

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  8. Health & Medicine

    New malaria vaccine is off to promising start

    An experimental malaria vaccine has been shown to induce a strong immune response in people.

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  9. Anthropology

    The Pirahã Challenge

    A linguist has sparked controversy with his proposal that a tribe of about 200 people living in Brazil's Amazon rain forest speaks a language devoid of counting and color terms, clauses, and other elements of grammar often considered to be universal.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Fruits and Veggies Limit Inflammatory Protein (with recipe)

    Diets rich in fruits and vegetables reduce signs of chronic inflammation, which has been linked to heart disease and other serious health problems.

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  11. Humans

    Letters from the December 3, 2005, issue of Science News

    Eye on energy “Cosmic Ray Font: Supernova remnants rev up ions” (SN: 10/1/05, p. 213) is unfortunately murky. It’s confusing to state that accelerating charged particles to high speeds “therefore” produces cosmic rays. And what “charged particles”? Is the “energized” gas in fact “ionized”? “Energized” is too general a word. Finally, why are high-speed particles […]

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  12. Humans

    From the November 30, 1935, issue

    A giant salt container, slimming down overweight children, and taking isotopes for a spin.

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