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11 December 2012
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Diuretic Drug Offers Latest Hope for Autism Treatment
In a small trial, bumetanide improves social interactions in some children with disorder
10 December 2012
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Tree Rings for Lobsters
Newly discovered growth bands reveal crustacean ages for the first time
10 December 2012
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Porcupine Quills Reveal Their Prickly Secrets
Analyses could inspire improved hypodermic needles and other medical devices
10 December 2012
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Turning Pull Into Push?
One physicist puts a curious twist on the interactions of charge and surface
7 December 2012
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Widespread Devastation Found in 2010 Amazon Megadrought
Data from new scanner could settle debate over drought impacts
7 December 2012
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Relocating Elephants Backfires
Pachyderms kill humans and themselves trying to get back home
7 December 2012
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Podcast: Scamming Seniors, Eavesdropping Birds, and Scanning the Skies for Secret Nuclear Tests
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7 December 2012
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Ticking Arctic Carbon Bomb May Be Bigger Than Thought
New field work, analyses raise alarm on thawing permafrost
7 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Invasive Grass Behind Largest Wildfires
Cheatgrass responsible for a disproportionate number of blazes in western United States
6 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Plants ... in ... Space!
Researchers test how roots grow in the absence of gravity
6 December 2012
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How Maggots Heal Wounds
Larvae's secretions calm the body's immune response
6 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Nearby Solar System Looks More Like Home
Planet-hosting star sports a belt of objects resembling the one that contains Pluto
5 December 2012
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Video: Earth as a Glittering Black Marble
New satellite images reveal our planet’s nighttime glow in unprecedented detail
5 December 2012
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Solving the Mystery of River Formation
New model explains how water carves rivers and their tributaries
5 December 2012
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ScienceShot: The Secret Lives of Wide Stellar Binaries
Two stars conspire to kick a third away
5 December 2012
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Live Chat: Can Science Conquer the Flu?
Talk with experts about the search for a perfect vaccine and what this season holds
4 December 2012
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Satellites Could Detect Nuclear Tests
Scientists look to the ionosphere to spot clandestine detonations
4 December 2012
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The Earliest Known Dino?
Labrador-sized creature lived in modern-day Tanzania more than 240 million years ago
4 December 2012
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You Eavesdroppin' on Me?
Eurasian jays change their behavior when a potential thief is watching and listening, suggesting complex thinking
4 December 2012
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ScienceShot: One Last Crossing Before Interstellar Space?
Voyager 1 has yet another leg of its journey to complete before escaping the solar system
4 December 2012
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'Is Earth F**ked?' AGU Scientist Asks
Provocative title part of conference session on human impacts on nature
3 December 2012
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The First Signs of Ancient Life on Mars?
Curiosity rover has detected organic matter, but it may never have been alive
3 December 2012
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Why Old People Get Scammed
Brain region may make us less suspicious as we age
3 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Cocoon Preserves Microbe for the Ages
Such structures are likely an untapped reservoir of microbial fossils
3 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Drunk Maggots Make Good Students
Fruit fly larvae that imbibe alcohol over many days perform just as well as sober larvae on learning test
3 December 2012
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Video: Tiny Insect Jumps off Water
Pygmy mole cricket launches itself up to 18 times its body length
3 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Older Vega Mature Enough to Nurture Life
The star of Contact is old enough to support primitive life
30 November 2012
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Podcast: Making a Vaccine Sans Virus, Listening to Coughing Scallops, and the Roll of the Whale
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29 November 2012
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Read My Hips
Intense emotions are easier to read in the body than in the face
29 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Keeping Hammerheads Out of the Haul
Electromagnetic fields warn the sharks away from fishing lines
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