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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
- This week's table of contents
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January 17th, 2009
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To potential mates, your mug may reveal more than you think (p. 24)
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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. (p. 20)
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(p. 16)
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New telescope finds that the high-energy share of gamma-ray bursts arrive at Earth significantly later than the low-energy portion. (p. 5)
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An antibiotic produced by a bacterium acts as a molecular snorkel to help with breathing. The bacterium infects and kills many people with cystic fibrosis, and plugging the snorkel could lead to treatments. (p. 8)
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Mice exposed to cigarette smoke and then ed the drug and fended of emphysema, suggesting the edible drug might help ex-smokers. (p. 8)
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People who have a disorder that causes them to thrash and kick during sleep face a high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease or other neurodegenerative disorders. (p. 9)
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Female rats have fewer brain receptors that sense morphine, making the drug less effective. The work points to the need for more research on why medicine potency can vary among people. (p. 9)
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Multiple courses of steroid treatment for mom could harm premature babies. (p. 9)
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A study of the physics of phonons, quantum packets of heat, suggests that controlling the flow of heat could be another way to store digital information. (p. 10)
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Members of the prehistoric Nasca culture in southern Peru took trophy heads from their own people rather than from foreigners captured in wars or raids, a new biochemical analysis suggests. (p. 12)
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Science News reports from San Francisco at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (p. 13)
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In a scientific first, engineers drill into a subterranean pocket of molten rock. (p. 13)
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Satellite data reveal more thunderheads forming as tropical sea-surface temperatures rise. (p. 13)
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A new study shows some male dinosaurs may have been the primary caretakers of their young. (p. 14)
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Honeybee air traffic can interrupt caterpillars' relentless munching. (p. 14)
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(p. 32)
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