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News in Brief: Chemical behind corked wine quashes other aromas

Science News - Mon, 2013-09-16 11:23
Old sock smell signals contamination but doesn't belong to TCA, study proposes
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Hot spot deep beneath North America could have triggered quakes

Science News - Mon, 2013-09-16 10:19
Mantle plume might have left trail of hot rock under continental US
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News in Brief: Cometlike crashes produce building blocks of life

Science News - Mon, 2013-09-16 07:17
Amino acids in collision residue support importance of extraterrestrial impacts
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News in Brief: Eclipsing the sun, from Mars

Science News - Fri, 2013-09-13 13:23
NASA rover catches silhouette of Martian moon
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Genes for body symmetry may also control handedness

Science News - Fri, 2013-09-13 12:42
Lefties and righties can thank same DNA that puts hearts on left side for hand dominance
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Bad acts spark a 'cheater's high'

Science News - Fri, 2013-09-13 09:14
People get a charge out of running victimless scams
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Buried Saharan rivers might have been early expressways

Science News - Thu, 2013-09-12 15:02
Humans might have migrated across the arid region along three once-lush waterways
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Notorious 'Big G' gets a little larger

Science News - Thu, 2013-09-12 12:10
Gravitational constant is difficult to measure, but physicists calculate new number
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Notorious 'G' gets a little larger

Science News - Thu, 2013-09-12 12:10
Gravitational constant is difficult to measure, but physicists calculate new number
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Young insect legs have real meshing gears

Science News - Thu, 2013-09-12 11:45
Tiny teeth on hiplike structures keep legs in sync
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At last, Voyager 1 slips into interstellar space

Science News - Thu, 2013-09-12 10:39
Solar blast data provides definitive evidence that spacecraft has cruised beyond the sun’s clutch
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News in Brief: Alzheimer's disease protein structure may vary among patients

Science News - Thu, 2013-09-12 07:19
Two people with different symptoms had amyloid-beta fibers with different shapes
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FOR KIDS: Alien carp leap onto the scene

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 16:18
Invasive fish break people's bones and threaten native species
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News in Brief: Humpbacks make a comeback in British Columbia

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 12:28
Whale numbers double at a feeding site in Canada
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Vaccine stops deadly sand-fly-spread scourge in animal test

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 10:32
DNA immunization protects hamsters and mice from Leishmania parasite
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FOR KIDS: Unconventional spill

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 07:23
An accidental spill of extra-heavy crude oil points to some unusual challenges in safely getting this petroleum to market
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FOR KIDS: Video games: When granddad wins

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 07:10
With some practice, people over 60 bested untrained 20-year-olds
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FOR KIDS: Meet the new meat

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 07:08
Scientists made a hamburger without harming animals; but it cost as much as a house
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FOR KIDS: Building blocks of the future

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 07:05
New lightweight, x-shaped blocks could be used to make cars, planes, buildings – and even spacecraft
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FOR KIDS: Putting the brakes on overeating

Science News - Wed, 2013-09-11 07:02
Restoring a chemical in the gut sends a message to mouse brains to stop overating
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