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It’s written all over your face: To potential mates, your mug may reveal more than you think
Team spirit: Working together, bacteria and other microbes can accomplish much more than they can alone. Now scientists hope to harness that ability by engineering their own microbial consortia.
For a big view of inner Earth, catch a few … Geoneutrinos
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Science & the Public: Steven Chu's Senate Confirmation Looks Certain

Senate energy committee appreciates Obama's pick for Secretary of Energy.
Found in: Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, Matter & Energy, Science & Society and Technology
Candy cane strategy sweetens life for goldenrods

Goldenrods temporarily duck their heads during pest season
Found in: Agriculture, Biology, Botany, Ecology and Life
Honeybee CSI: Why dead bodies can’t be found

Virus could explain one symptom of colony collapse.
Found in: Agriculture, Biology, Ecology, Environment, Food Science, Science & Society and Zoology
Science & the Public: A Mushrooming Advance

Human skin isn't the only thing that makes vitamin D upon exposure to the ultraviolet radiation.
Found in: Agriculture, Biology, Food Science, Science & Society and Technology
FOR KIDS: The e-nose knows

An electronic nose sniffs out unique chemicals that plants emit when attacked by pests.
Found in: Agriculture, Botany, Chemistry, Life and Science News For Kids
Farm chemicals can indirectly hammer frogs

A widely used agricultural weed killer teams up with fertilizer to render frogs especially vulnerable to debilitating parasites.
Found in: Agriculture, Ecology, Environment, Life and Zoology
Let’s Get Vertical

City buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out
Found in: Agriculture, Environment and Food Science
Science & the Public: Network Antennas -- Yum!

Sensor designers might have to consider engineering in bovine deterrence.
Found in: Agriculture and Technology
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New equations for better MRI

Blogs:

Science & the Public Salazar II: On Freeing Ms. Liberty's Crown
By Janet Raloff Jan 15th 2009

Columns:

Comment SESAME opens doors to international collaboration
By Herman Winick Jan 2nd 2009

Math Trek The Sudoku solution
By Julie Rehmeyer Dec 23rd 2008

Not to Miss:

2008: Science News of the Year

Milky Way mass is 3 trillion suns

Fermi opens window on high-energy universe

Guest column from Steven Chu

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Planet Earth: An Illustrated History
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