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April 5, 2008
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Recipe for Health
Obesity is on the rise, but there are plenty of things you can do to maintain a healthy weight.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20080402/Feature1.asp
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This Week's Featured Articles:
[Behavior]
Without Substance: ADHD meds don't up kids' drug abuse risk
Boys with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who take prescribed stimulant medication don't become more likely to abuse drugs than boys who don't receive the medication.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob1.asp
[P***tary Science]
Caught in the Act? Images may reveal p***tary birth
Astronomers, for the first time, have imaged dusty clumps surrounding young stars that could be p***ts in the making.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob2.asp
[Materials Science]
Quantum Cocoon: Diamonds are a physicist's--and perhaps quantum computing's--best friend
Diamond can hold quantum information even at room temperature, which makes it a candidate material for future quantum computers.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/bob9.asp
THIS WEEK'S ONLINE FEATURES:
[MATHTREK]
Creeping Up on Riemann
Theorists find the first example of an elusive complex function that just may help them solve the biggest problem in mathematics.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/mathtrek.asp
[FOOD FOR THOUGHT]
The Costs of Meat and Fish
The animal protein in our diets can have a high environmental cost.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/food.asp
[TIMELINE]
From the April 2, 1938, issue
The science of tall tales, a fluorine-spouting volcano under ice, and viruses show signs of life.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/timeline.asp
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Week of April 5, 2008; Vol. 173, No. 14
THIS WEEK'S TABLE OF CONTENTS: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/toc.asp
References and sources for all articles are available online at www.sciencenews.org
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REGISTERED SUBSCRIBERS to the print edition of Science News also have online access to the full text of the following articles:
[Zoology]
Night Flights: Migrating moths may use a nighttime compass
Silver Y moths choose to fly when wind blows in the same direction that they migrate, and they may even compensate when the wind pushes them off-course.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob3.asp
[Biomedicine]
Curbing Chemo: Fasting cushions drug's side effects in mice
Two days of starvation kicks mice's cells into repair mode and helps them endure high doses of chemotherapy.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob4.asp
[Paleontology]
Salty Old Cellulose: Tiny fibers found in ancient halite deposits
Researchers have recovered microscopic bits of cellulose from 253-million-year-old salt deposits deep underground.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob5.asp
[Biomedicine]
Traveling Toxin: Botox may hitch a ride on nerve cells
New evidence suggests that Botox migrates from the injection site, perhaps traveling along nerve cells.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob6.asp
[Biomedicine]
Take a Breath: Fatty substance may play role in cystic fibrosis
A fatty compound called ceramide that accumulates in lung cells may be instrumental in the devastating disease cystic fibrosis.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob7.asp
[Zoology]
Comb jellies take root in a new tree of animal life
A team of biologists places comb jellies, not sponges, at the base of a new tree of animal life.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/fob8.asp
[Biomedicine]
You, in a Dish: Cultured human cells could put lab animals out of work for chemical and drug testing
Human cells grown in conditions that mimic life inside the body are beginning to replace lab animals for testing drug candidates and industrial chemicals.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/bob10.asp
[Biology]
High Carbon Dioxide--a gourmet boon for crop pest
Relatively high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide weaken soybean defenses against Japanese beetles.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/note11.asp
[Nutrition]
Microbes weigh in on obesity
The kinds of microbes living in an infant's gut may influence weight gain later in childhood.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/note12.asp
[Biomedicine]
New drug curbs rheumatoid arthritis in adults, children
The experimental drug tocilizumab quells rheumatoid arthritis in adults and children by inhibiting an inflammatory compound called interleukin-6.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/note13.asp
[Earth Science]
Tibetan Plateau history gets a lift
The Tibetan Plateau formed when the Indian and Eurasian plates collided, but scientists may have had the order of events wrong.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/note14.asp
[Materials Science]
Squid beaks are hardly soft
Water softens squid beaks toward their base, so they don't cut into the squid's own soft tissue.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/note15.asp
[Behavior]
Rare mutations tied to schizophrenia
Individual-specific DNA deletions and duplications, many located in genes involved in brain development, occur in an unusually large percentage of people with schizophrenia.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/note16.asp
[Science & Society]
Letters from the April 5, 2008, issue of Science News
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080405/letter17.asp
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