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News in Brief: Under magnet's sway, metallic fluids form simple structures

Thu, 2013-07-18 11:32
Droplets wiggle, split and coalesce into simple and dynamic configurations
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War arose recently, anthropologists contend

Thu, 2013-07-18 10:29
Study of hunter-gatherers finds few lethal raids on opposing groups
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FOR KIDS: Perfect reflections

Thu, 2013-07-18 09:08
Physicists design a new mirror to reflect light
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Surgical tool smokes out cancer in seconds

Thu, 2013-07-18 05:58
Sniffing for telltale molecules, method analyzes tissue with every cut
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Technique inactivates Down-causing chromosome

Wed, 2013-07-17 09:53
Early-stage research could eventually lead to gene therapy
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Fattened livers prep white sharks for extreme migrations

Wed, 2013-07-17 08:02
Reserves enable long journey from California to Hawaii and back
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News in Brief: Dinosaur had impressive schnoz

Wed, 2013-07-17 03:02
Fossils found in Utah reveal geographic segregation of horned species
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FOR KIDS: Respecting the body’s clocks

Tue, 2013-07-16 16:02
Daily rhythms affect everything from the time we wake to how well we perform in sports
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FOR KIDS: Home, plastic home

Tue, 2013-07-16 15:42
Some ocean life is finding a home in floating piles of plastic trash
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News in Brief: Neptune gets 14th moon

Tue, 2013-07-16 12:53
Images from Hubble Space Telescope reveal tiny, dark satellite orbiting blue-green gas giant
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News in Brief: Neptune gets a 14th moon

Tue, 2013-07-16 12:53
Images from Hubble Space Telescope reveal tiny, dark satellite orbiting blue-green gas giant
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Flagellum failure lets bacteria turn

Tue, 2013-07-16 12:29
Buckling of appendage drives tiny two-point turn
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Genetic test fingers viral, bacterial infections

Tue, 2013-07-16 07:28
Method could help doctors treat children's fevers
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Sound waves put levitation on the move

Mon, 2013-07-15 12:19
Technique transports nonmagnetic particles such as cells, water droplets and coffee grounds
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News in Brief: T. rex hunted live prey

Mon, 2013-07-15 11:43
Fossils yield tooth in healed wound of another dinosaur
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FOR KIDS: Amputated 'finger' tips grow back

Mon, 2013-07-15 09:21
Both toenails and toe tips grew back in mice, thanks to special 'stem' cells living beneath the nails
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FOR KIDS: The cabbage's clock

Mon, 2013-07-15 09:10
Plants continue their biological routines even after being picked
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FOR KIDS: A light twist

Mon, 2013-07-15 08:43
A new type of fiber-optic cable packs hefty data into a small space
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FOR KIDS: The power of microbes

Mon, 2013-07-15 08:26
Bacteria that live in the gut may help define species
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Sponges boom thanks to Antarctic ice shelf bust

Fri, 2013-07-12 13:31
Previously thought to grow at a slow pace, the sea creatures exploded in number
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