- ScienceNOW
- 08/11/11 00:36
Mysterious magnetic portals link our planet to its star
Mysterious magnetic portals link our planet to its star
Large-scale comparison highlights how extra or missing genes shaped our evolution
A new study sheds light on how the brain puts memories away for keeps
In search of habitable soil, the Mars lander has lost power with no real chance of recovery
Birds and reptiles make hair proteins, just like mammals do
SUNDAY 9. NOVEMBER 2008
Expert panel gives the cold shoulder to Canada's plans for Arctic research
Propositions, congressional reshuffling will have impact on research
A migrating bird rests half of its brain while the other half remains alert
Deleting a signaling molecule spurs crushed mouse nerves to regenerate
Proposal would ban medical research on great apes and extend oversight to most animal studies
CNTNAP2 speaks volumes about why some suffer from language impairment
A disease carried by black rats spelled the end for two endemic species on Christmas Island
WEDNESDAY 5. NOVEMBER 2008
The boto has quite a reputation--but fortunately the body parts sold at Amazonian markets are fakes
Physicists bring Star Trek-like force fields into the realm of possibility
TUESDAY 4. NOVEMBER 2008
Find hints at development of religion during crucial time in human history
Microbe's hydrocarbon stew could one day supplant fossil fuels
FRIDAY 31. OCTOBER 2008
New study sheds light on how neurons shuffle receptors to create memory
A pretty face may sway voters more when the candidate is a woman
THURSDAY 30. OCTOBER 2008
Short-lived miniplanets inhabited the solar system in its earliest years
Meanwhile, researchers identify yet another strain of the livestock virus
A gene mutation that causes learning disabilities disrupts a neural stop signal
Clues to earlier tsunamis embedded in soil
Herbicide and fertilizer combine to help parasites attack frogs, suppress immune system
New satellite data suggest a much longer wet spell for the red planet
Molecule blamed for heart disease might be a bystander