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• Trawling the brain: New findings raise questions about reliability of fMRI as gauge of neural activity
• Humans wonder, anybody home?: Brain structure and circuitry offer clues to consciousness in nonmammals
• A black future: Without destroying the Earth, the Large Hadron Collider might help humans explore the cosmos

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• Bird feeding, migration could be splitting a species German birds that spend the off-season at U.K. birdfeeders now look slightly different from neighbors that migrate to Spain Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Life and Zoology
• Targeting microRNA knocks out hepatitis C Blocking a small molecule, a new drug reduces levels of the virus, chimp study shows. Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
• Contested signs of mass cannibalism A new study yields controversial evidence of mass cannibalism in central Europe 7,000 years ago. Read the full story. | Dec 3rd 2009 Found in: Anthropology and Humans
• The apnea and the ecstasy Users of the illicit drug have more bouts of sleep apnea, a dangerous nighttime breathing disorder. Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
• Amino acid recipe could be right for long life In fruit flies, a low-calorie diet with extra methionine extends lifespan without harming fertility Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain
• Gene stops tumors, but only when it's gone When a single copy of the microRNA processor Dicer is disabled, cancer can become more deadly. Removing Dicer completely, though, stops tumors. Read the full story. | Dec 2nd 2009 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
• Loneliness is contagious, study suggests An analysis of social networks finds that people who feel isolated may spread mistrust among others. Read the full story. | Dec 1st 2009 Found in: Behavior and Humans
• Discerning pancreatic cancer from pancreatitis New test shows patients with autoimmune pancreatitis are more likely to have a telltale antibody. Read the full story. | Nov 29th 2009 Found in: Body & Brain

• Pluto's cloud components verified 12.4.09 - Newly analyzed observations suggest particles are mostly frozen nitrogen Found in: Earth and Planetary Science
• Chink found in armor of perfect cloak 12.4.09 - Charged particles could reveal hidden objects’ location, new idea suggests Found in: Matter & Energy
• Black hole may construct its own galactic home 12.4.09 - Observations of a 'homeless' quasar suggest new ideas for galaxy formation Found in: Atom & Cosmos
• Ocean's carbon dioxide uptake varies year to year 12.3.09 - Data taken hourly by cargo ships show that how much of the greenhouse gas North Atlantic waters absorb varies more than thought. Found in: Climate Change, Earth and Earth Science
• Star outweighed any known in Milky Way 12.2.09 - Supernova was a big blast, challenging theories of how stars live and die Found in: Atom & Cosmos
• FOR KIDS: Moon crash, splash 12.2.09 - NASA scientists smash a rocket into the moon and discover water vapor and ice in a lunar crater Found in: Science News For Kids
• FOR KIDS: Flower family knows its roots 12.2.09 - Impatiens wildflowers seem to know who's sharing their soil Found in: Science News For Kids
• Poached hammerhead fins traced to endangered populations 12.1.09 - Mapping populations with DNA comparisons offers possible tool for conservation Found in: Biology and Life
• Elusive triangular snowflakes explained 12.1.09 - Dust particles, wind and aerodynamics could steer some flakes toward a three-sided fate Found in: Molecules
• Major eruption cooled the climate but went unnoticed 11.30.09 - Ice-core records suggest that a major 1809 eruption cooled Earth even before the Tambora eruption and 'the year without a summer' Found in: Earth, Earth Science and Paleontology
• World's biggest atom smasher sets first record 11.30.09 - Large Hadron Collider generates highest-energy proton beams yet Found in: Atom & Cosmos
• Little push turns snail lefties to righties 11.25.09 - Bumping an embryo’s cells can switch the direction of its spiral Found in: Life and Zoology
• Bone regulators moonlight in the brain as fever inducers 11.25.09 - Study in mice suggests proteins could be source of post-menopausal hot flashes Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
• A timely touch transforms speech perception 11.25.09 - Air puffs on the hand or neck influence people’s ability to hear certain spoken sounds. Found in: Humans and Psychology

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• Loneliness is contagious, study suggests
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