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Posted On: 05/19/2013 11:54:23 AM
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Posted By: PoemStone

June 1st 2013 - Science News





  • Sweet Confusion

    Does high fructose corn syrup deserve such a bad rap? (p. 22)



  • Closed Thinking

    Without scientific competition and open debate, much psychology research goes nowhere. (p. 26)



  • Cannibalism in Colonial America comes to life

    Researchers have found the first skeletal evidence that starving colonists ate their own. (p. 5)



  • Mutation makes H5N1 flu lose its grip

    Laboratory-added genetic change makes avian influenza unable to bind to bird cells. (p. 8)



  • Genetic fossils betray hepatitis B's ancient roots

    Modern bird genomes reveal evidence that virus is at least 82 million years old. (p. 8)



  • Hookah smoking delivers carcinogens and carbon monoxide

    Water pipes deliver carcinogens, nicotine and carbon monoxide to the user, a study finds. (p. 9)



  • Circumcision changes penis biology

    Altered mix of microbes might reduce susceptibility to viral infections. (p. 9)



  • Disputed signs of consciousness seen in babies’ brains

    Within five months of birth, infants produce a possible neural marker of being aware of what they see. (p. 10)



  • Brain measurements predict math progress with tutoring

    The size and connections of a brain structure associated with memory formation predicted learning ability in 8- and 9-year-old children. (p. 11)



  • Maya civilization's roots may lie in ritual

    Cultural exchanges in southern Mexico and Guatemala tied to ancient society's rise. (p. 12)



  • Human ancestors had taste for meat, brains

    A mix of hunting and scavenging fed carnivorous cravings of early Homo species. (p. 13)



  • Infants, whether mice or human, love to be carried

    Being toted around calms and quiets babies of both species. (p. 13)



  • Early Earth's chlorine blown away by giant impacts

    Low levels of chlorine on planet's surface have long puzzled scientists. (p. 14)



  • News in Brief: Ice loss from Greenland's glaciers may level off

    Simulation suggests long-term effect on sea level not as dire as some predictions. (p. 14)



  • Counting cracks in glass gives speed of projectile

    There is a simple relationship between an object's velocity and the number of spokes it leaves in a dinged windshield or fractured windowpane. (p. 15)



  • Web searches for money words anticipate market moves

    Dow drops follow weeks when more people search Google for ‘debt’ or ‘stocks.’ (p. 16)



  • Group size affects racial makeup of friend groups

    Larger settings seem to promote segregation, simulation finds. (p. 16)



  • Signs of culture in whales and monkeys

    Mammals learn feeding behaviors from their friends and family members. (p. 18)



  • Winged robots may shed light on fly aerobatics

    After years of trying, researchers create flapping machines that can hover and perform rudimentary flight maneuvers. (p. 19)



  • News in Brief: Recreating the eye of the fly

    Inspired by insect vision, camera with 180 linked lenses captures panoramic views. (p. 19)



  • News in Brief: Japan's 2011 earthquake upped Tokyo's risk

    Chance more than doubled that capital city will soon experience big temblor, researchers calculate. (p. 20)



  • News in Brief: Carbon dioxide in atmosphere reaches landmark level

    At 400 parts per million, greenhouse gas concentration is now higher than it has been for millions of years. (p. 20)



  • News in Brief: Gut bacteria adapt to life in bladder

    E. coli moving between systems may cause urinary tract infections. (p. 20)



  • News in Brief: Highlights from the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting

    Highlights from the pediatrics meeting held May 4-7 in Washington, D.C., include adolescent suicide risk and access to guns, a reason to let preemies get more umbilical cord blood and teens' cognitive dissonance on football concussions. (p. 20)



  • BOOK REVIEW: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan

    Review by Sid Perkins (p. 30)



  • BOOK REVIEW: Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes

    Review by Allison Bohac (p. 30)



  • Fatal Flaws: How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain by Jay Ingram

    (p. 30)



  • Robot Futures by Illah Reza Nourbakhsh

    (p. 30)



  • The World's Rarest Birds by Erik Hirschfeld, Andy Swash and Robert Still

    (p. 30)



  • Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre by Tim Gallagher

    (p. 30)



  • Are We Being Watched?: The Search for Life in the Cosmos by Paul Murdin

    (p. 30)



  • "Draw" body by sound

    Science Past from the issue of June 1, 1963 (p. 4)



  • Upcoming events

    Science Future for June 1, 2013 (p. 4)



  • SN Online

    (p. 4)



  • Letters to the editor

    (p. 31)



  • Embracing the swarm

    The Science Life (p. 32)



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