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News 10/9/09
Bye-Bye Birdie: New Look at Archaeopteryx Shows It Was More Dinosaur Than Bird
Microscopic analysis of Archaeopteryx fossils shows that the animal grew to maturity like a dinosaur rather than a modern bird

News 10/9/09
Pandemic Payoff from 1918: A Weaker H1N1 Flu Today
How the legacy of the vicious 1918 outbreak led to today's comparatively tame swine flu
News 10/9/09
Obama's Nuclear Arms Agenda Helps Him Win 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Committee makes controversial choice by giving the nod to a sitting U.S. president in the midst of disarmament negotiations
News 10/8/09
Just How Sensitive Is Earth's Climate to Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide?
Two new studies look far back in geologic time to determine how sensitive the global climate is to atmospheric CO2 levels
News 10/8/09
Target Audience: NASA's Friday Moon Crash Offers Plenty of Opportunities for Amateur Viewing
The LCROSS probe and a spent rocket stage will each impact a lunar crater to look for frozen water there

News 10/8/09
Retrovirus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Could Aid in Diagnosis
Recently implicated in some severe prostate cancer patients, the retrovirus XMRV has now been found in many with chronic fatigue--changing the landscape for diagnosis and possible treatment

News 10/7/09
Is Life Expectancy Reduced by a Traumatic Childhood?
A 10-year study finds that people who experienced adverse childhood events also lose years off their lives

News 10/7/09
Astronomers Discover Solar System's Largest Planetary Ring Yet around Saturn [Update]
A diffuse, newfound ring encircles the gas giant planet at an extraordinary distance

News 10/7/09
Unraveling the Ribosome: Chemistry Nobel Awarded to Modelers of Cells' Protein-Maker [Update]
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath first determined how to image the ribosome, then revealed how it does its protein-making work

News 10/6/09
New Vaccine May Immunize Addicts from Cocaine's Pleasurable Effects
Clinical trial data suggest that although pharmacotherapy for cocaine may be on the horizon, challenges remain

News 10/6/09
Driving on Glass? Inventor Hopes to Lay Down Solar Roads
U.S. roads paved with glass panels encasing photovoltaics and LEDs would double as a national power grid

News 10/6/09
Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Pioneer in Fiber Optics and Inventors of Digital Image Sensor [Update]
The three researchers paved the way for broadband telecommunications and the proliferation of digital photography

News 10/6/09
Sun Down: High-Energy Cosmic Rays Reach a Space Age Peak
A prolonged lull in the sun's activity has allowed energetic particles to penetrate the solar system with record intensity

News 10/5/09
With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces Flood of Wastewater
A spate of water contamination problems in Pennsylvania have been linked to new natural gas drilling in the state

News 10/5/09
Breakthrough: Bone Graft Grown in Exact Shape of Complex Skull-Jaw Joint
Technique could be a preferred substitute for replacing missing or damaged bones with titanium, donated bones or those harvested from elsewhere in a patient's body

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