Recently added articles from Science News:
In science, unlike films, don't beware the stare.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
Oct 10, 2009; Siegfried, Tom ... Stare, if you dare, into the world of research on hypnosis and the brain. OK, that doesn't sound as thrilling as the cult horror movie The Hypnotic Eye (Jacques Bergerac, Allison Hayes, 1960). But some scientists are excited about studying hypnosis these days, using imaging ...
Science observation.(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(Lawrence M. Krauss)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; Krauss, Lawrence M. ... "There is, however, a way to surmount this problem [of safe, manned travel to Mars] while reducing the cost and technical requirements, but it demands that we ask this vexing question: Why are we so interested in bringing the Mars astronauts home again? While the idea of sending astronauts ...
Science past: from the issue of October 10, 1959.(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; ... RESERPINE TRANQUILIZES CHICKENS AND TURKEYS--Calmer birds in the hen house are predicted with the development of a tranquilizer for chickens. A new product containing reserpine, a drug used to control high blood pressure and other human ills, has been developed .... Added to the chickens' ...
Science future.(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(Brief article)(Calendar)
Oct 10, 2009; ... October 18-22 The International Diabetes Federation hosts its 20th World Congress for researchers and clinicians in Montreal. Visit www.worlddiabetescongress.org November 11-14 National Association of Biology Teachers ...
Introducing ...(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(giant rat discovered at Papua New Guinea)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A new species of giant rat, about as big and furry as an opossum, turned up earlier this year during a BBC-sponsored expedition to Mount Bosavi in Papua New Guinea. Weighing some 1.5 kilograms and stretching 82 centimeters, this animal still may not be the ...
Genes & cells.(SN Online: www.sciencenews.org)
Oct 10, 2009; ... Genetic analysis of the microbe behind the Irish potato famine could help breed resistant ...
Science & the public.(SN Online: www.sciencenews.org)
Oct 10, 2009; ... Scientists tell Congress about the possible risks of cell ...
Molecules.(SN Online: www.sciencenews.org)
Oct 10, 2009; ... An electronic device sniffs toxic ...
Science stats: early blooms in the Arctic.(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)
Oct 10, 2009; ... Certain plants are flowering earlier in ...
Mental disorders more widespread than estimated: study comes as psychiatrists reevaluate diagnostic manual.(STORY ONE)
Oct 10, 2009; Bower, Bruce ... Some mental disorders aren't merely common--they're the norm. Depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol dependence and marijuana dependence affect roughly twice as many people as had been estimated previously, a new study finds. Nearly 60 percent of the population experiences at ...
Hubble's new finds go the distance: galaxies discovered nearly 13.1 billion light-years from Earth.(Atom & Cosmos)(Hubble Space Telescope)
Oct 10, 2009; Cowen, Ron ... Just days after NASA released the first cosmic dreamscapes taken by the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope (SN: 9/26/09, p. 7), three teams of astronomers have used the observatory to find what appears to be a bounty of the most distant galaxies known. Analyses of infrared ...
Rock solid planet.(Atom & Cosmos)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; Cowen, Ron ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There may be no place like home, but a recently discovered exoplanet has some awfully familiar traits. Astronomers report that new measurements provide the first solid evidence for a rocky exoplanet, with a composition similar to that of Earth's interior. ...
Human spaceflight program needs additional $30 billion, panel finds: Augustine committee recommends two exploration plans.(Science & Society)
Oct 10, 2009; Cowen, Ron ... NASA's program to send astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars won't get off the ground unless the federal budget for human spaceflight is ramped up by $30 billion over the next 10 years. That's one of the conclusions of a panel commissioned by President Obama to review U.S. human ...
Reviewers prefer positive findings: journals may be less likely to publish equivocal studies.(Science & Society)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; Raloff, Janet ... VANCOUVER, Canada -- Peer reviewers for biomedical journals preferentially rate manuscripts with positive health outcomes as better, a new study reports. The findings caused a buzz when presented September 11 at the International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical ...
Metamaterials mock the heavens: team proposes way to study astronomical events in the lab.(Matter & Energy)
Oct 10, 2009; Sanders, Laura ... Tiny materials may mimic astronomical events, including the trapping of light in black holes and the disruption of planetary orbits, a new report in the September Nature Physics proposes. The shape and design of the proposed materials may allow scientists to do previously impossible ...
Scientists make special snowball: ice XV is unstable on Earth but may exist in the cosmos.(Matter & Energy)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; Sanders, Laura ... Scientists have created the final predicted form of stable ice, called ice XV, in the lab. But don't worry- Kurt Vonnegut had nothing to do with the exotic new ice and it can't destroy civilization. Ice types are classified by how the water molecules arrange themselves and how ...
Atmosphere took roller-coaster ride around time of Earth's oxygenation: minerals hint that levels of the gas rose, dipped, rose again.(Earth)
Oct 10, 2009; Perkins, Sid ... Oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere dropped for an extended time about 1.9 billion years ago, after the atmosphere became oxygenated in what is known as the Great Oxidation Event, researchers report. Evidence for the oxygen drop comes from minerals in banded iron formations, ...
Cyclones spawn more tornadoes: increase in hurricane size may explain extra twisters.(Earth)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; Perkins, Sid ... Hurricanes and tropical storms striking the Gulf Coast region since 1995 have spun off more twisters than those that hit during the mid-20th century, a new study suggests. Most tropical storms and hurricanes trigger tornado outbreaks upon striking land, says Judith A. Curry of ...
Tyrannosaurus rex's tiny ancestors: fossil suggests peculiar features weren't limited to dino king.(Life)
Oct 10, 2009; Lee, Jenny Lauren ... A miniature version of Tyrannosaurus rex is throwing a bone to paleontologists interested in how the king of dinosaurs evolved. The newly discovered species, called Raptorex kriegsteini, lived tens of millions of years before T. rex and had a large head, puny forelimbs and ...
Bit of flop makes for efficient fliers: locusts travel long distances with the help of flexible wings.(Life)(Brief article)
Oct 10, 2009; Sanders, Laura ... A new study may inspire aeronautical engineers to be more flexible with their designs. The bends and twists in locusts' pliant wings may make the insects' long-distance flights possible, a team reports in the Sept. 18 Science. Researchers have long studied insect flight but ...
