Science
Study clarifies obesity-infertility link
Effect of insulin in pituitary surprises scientists
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Science & the Public: No 'dead zone' from BP oil
Deep sea mixing kept microbes from creating suffocating parcels of water in the Gulf
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FOR KIDS: Gulf oil finds many paths
Questions, and lots of oil, remain months after Gulf disaster
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FOR KIDS: Poop-sniffing mice to the rescue
Animals can detect droppings left by ducks with Bird Flu
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Light-harvesting complexes do it themselves
New technique could yield self-assembling solar cells
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Changing one of nature's constants
If correct, new finding could upend physicists’ view of universe
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Microbe’s survival manual
Researchers uncover how D. radiodurans can withstand extreme radiation
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DVDs don’t turn toddlers into vocabulary Einsteins
But some parents mistakenly think kids do learn words from watching these popular programs
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String theory entangled
Equations can be retooled to describe a strange quantum effect
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Science & the Public: Gloves may head off ‘garden’ variety pneumonia
Doctors have begun linking garden compost to an unusual source of Legionnaire’s disease
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Geomagnetic field flip-flops in a flash
Scientists unearth more evidence of superfast changes in Earth’s magnetic polarity
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Diabetes drug might fight cancer
In use for years, metformin has few side effects
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Feud over family ties in evolution
Prominent scientists dispute kinship’s role in self-sacrifice among highly social creatures
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Alzheimer’s trade-off for mentally active seniors
Stimulation delays cognitive decline, but disease advances quickly once it starts
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Alzheimer’s trade-off for mentally active seniors
Stimulation delays cognitive decline, but disease advances quickly once it starts
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Hints of altruism among bacteria
E. coli defend against antibiotics with a little help from their friends
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Ovary removal proves beneficial for cancer-prone women
BRCA mutation carriers who opt for surgery survive longer than those forgoing the operation
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Why starved flies need less sleep
Low lipid levels keep insects buzzing, a new study finds
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Science & the Public: Tar sands 'fingerprint' seen in rivers and snow
New data counter claims that the pollution was from natural oily seeps
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