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All the latest news for the scientific community, including daily news from ScienceNOW and weekly news from Science magazine.

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Your Brain on Ethics >
Researchers spy on the brain as people decide how to distribute donations to an orphanage
8 May
A Slow Birth for the Sahara >
African desert didn't dry out as quickly as thought
8 May
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A Smattering of Missing Matter >
Astronomers find a filament of ionized gas stretching between galaxy clusters
7 May
You're Not Cuckoo: These Birds Look the Same >
Researchers figure out why cuckoos and sparrowhawks are so easily mistaken
7 May
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Echinoderms Wasted by Acid >
Brittlestars pay a high price to keep from being dissolved by rising ocean acidity
7 May
Extra Pounds a Boon? >
Fat transplants in mice suggest potential benefit
6 May
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And the Fat Goes On >
Adults replace old fat cells with new ones
5 May
Fungus Could Be a Fix for Uranium Pollution >
Common soil organism holds the metal in place, keeping it from spreading
5 May
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Tropical Bugs: Squashed by Global Warming? >
Even a small temperature increase could spell doom for equatorial insects
5 May
Chemists Point and Click on Specific Molecules >
Technique could someday open new vistas in medical imaging
2 May
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Tree swallowStrut your stuff >
Male birds tend to be the feather fashionistas, flaunting brilliant plumage to convince potential mates that they are ...

News of the Week 9 May 2008

from Science Magazine

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Credit: HENAAC K-12 Education Programs
$ Going From RAGS to Riches Is Proving to Be Very Difficult  >
A parade of speakers last week gave the U.S. government failing grades for not heeding recommendations calling for bigger research budgets, more undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, changes in immigration policy, and an improved environment for innovation.

News Focus 9 May 2008

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