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Aug 4

Immune System Protein Accurate Predictor Of Survival In Pediatric Septic Shock Guilt On Their Hands: Tiny 'Tags' Could Help To Solve And Deter Gun Crime Falcon 1 rocket fails to reach orbit Project Aims To Improve Energy Efficiency Of Computing Australian Bird Research Could Rewrite 'Ring Theory' Of Speciation Networks Of Metal Nanoparticles Are Culprits In Alloy Corrosion Paradox Of Higher Education, Crime: Male College Students More Likely Than Less-educated Peers To Commit Property Crimes, Study Finds Immunotherapy In High-risk Pediatric Sarcomas Shows Promising Response Cases: The Germs Are Potent. But So Is a Kiss. Bottle-brush robot goes where 'pigs' can't reach Letters: The Climate Forecast (1 Letter) Vital Signs: Disparities: Surgical Tools Not Fit for Smaller Hands A Problem of Bubbles Frames an Olympic Design Nano Sculptures In Gold Genetically Modified Root Systems Result In Plants That Survive With Little Water Two Years Old: A Childhood Obesity Tipping Point? Research Suggests That Childhood Obesity Begins In Infancy Chronic Exposure To Estrogen Impairs Some Cognitive Functions Observatory: In Flooded Paddies, Rice With High Arsenic Global HIV stats called into question by US study Telemedicine Leads To Better Stroke Treatment Decisions, Study Finds Trove of Endangered Gorillas Found in Africa World's First Transplant Of Both Arms U.S. HIV estimates 40 percent higher than previously thought [60-Second Science Blog] Personal Health: Sorting Out Coffee’s Contradictions China, the Olympics, and the Environment [In-Depth Reports] Patagonian Glacier Yields Clues For Improved Understanding Of Global Climate Change Sunrise on China's First Carbon-Neutral City [Features] Homeownership In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Linked To Increased Political Participation What does the White House know about life on Mars that you don't? [60-Second Science Blog] Military Use Of Robots Increases Pressure Grows for F.B.I. to Show Anthrax Evidence Treatment With Anti-anemia Drugs May Not Be Safe For Multiple Myeloma Patients Memory, Depression, Insomnia -- And Worms? Tracking Down Abrupt Climate Changes: Rapid Natural Cooling Occurred 12,700 Years Ago Extinction Threat To Monkeys And Other Primates Due To Habitat Loss, Hunting A First In Integrated Nanowire Sensor Circuitry There Are More Boys Than Girls in China and India [Fact or Fiction] Gorillas Galore In Congo [60-Second Science] Researchers Tag First-ever Free-swimming Leatherback Turtles In New England Highway of Good Intentions? Vancouver Olympic Plans Bulldoze Rare Forests [Features] Letters: A Matter of Listening (1 Letter) Flu Vaccine May Not Protect Seniors Well Lapatinib Reduces Brain Metastases In Mouse Model Of Metastatic Breast Cancer Schizophrenia Researchers Welcome New Blood Back to the Future: Harnessing the Power of the Yangtze River [Slide Show] [Features] Really?: The Claim: Quinine Is Effective in Easing Leg Cramps Doctors Must Be Held Accountable For Complying With Torture, Experts Argue Vitamin C jabs may combat cancer Loud Bar Equals More Beer [60-Second Science] Physicians Ask EPA, 'Antibiotics To Cure Sick Apples, Or Sick Children?' Global Update: Ethics of Studies in Poor Countries Lead to Call for New Regulations Teacher-student Relationships Key To Learning Health And Sex Education Letters: The Call of the Blue Whale (1 Letter) Male Circumcision Efforts Lag In Africa Despite Evidence Of Dramatic Impact In Preventing HIV Researchers Find Differences In Swallowing Mechanism Of Rett Syndrome Patients Incense May Act as a Psychoactive Drug during Religious Ceremony [Scientific American Mind] China's Big Push for Renewable Energy [Features] Wi-Fi networks suffer 'autoimmune' attacks Turned-off Cannabinoid Receptor Turns On Colorectal Tumor Growth X-ray Diffraction Looks Inside Aerogels In 3-D Risk Of Unintentional Injury Death Is High For Young Children Living With Unrelated Adults Letters: Grading Health Care (1 Letter) Smart Contact Lenses Dispense Medication Endoscopic Circumferential Ablation Promising For Barrett's Esophagus With High-grade Dysplasia Can Coal and Clean Air Coexist in China? [Features] Tevatron Experiments Double-team Higgs Boson Well: Learning to Be Your Own Best Defense in a Disaster New Male Circumcision Device For HIV Prevention Multiple Sclerosis: New MRI Contrast Medium Enables Early Diagnosis In Animal Model To Heal the Wounded A Natural Log: Our Innate Sense of Numbers is Logarithmic, Not Linear [Scientific American Mind] Mind: You’re Checked Out, but Your Brain Is Tuned In Arresting And Self-healing Cracks: Paving The Way For Next Generation Composite Materials Observatory: Seeking Mate, Male Fish Throws Rivals Off Scent Same Dose Of Anthracycline Is Not Safe For Everyone, Study Finds One Fifth Of British Adult Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Smoke Despite Hazards Essay: Running on Fumes in Beijing Do Mythic Creatures Exist? Show Me the Body [Features] For Aquariums, the Small Fry Swept North Become a Big Catch When Our Protective Armor Shows Weakness: Genetic Defect In Skin Cells Leads To Neurodermatitis, Hay Fever And Asthma Observatory: Fossils Add More Proof of Global Climate Shift New Panel Of Mice Helps Predict How Drugs Are Broken Down In Humans Solar sail and ashes of Star Trek's "Scotty" lost in SpaceX rocket failure [60-Second Science Blog] Prelude To The Higgs: A Work For 2 Bosons In The Key Of Z Smoky Home: Cleaning Up Indoor Air with Human Waste [Features] The Price of Gas in China [Features] What will Tropical Storm Eduardo do? [60-Second Science Blog] Recurrence Of Group B Strep High In Subsequent Pregnancies, Say Obstetricians Travel Industry Should Inform Travelers About Malaria, Say Doctors Vancouver's Green Efforts for the 2010 Winter Games [Features] Family Type Has Less-than-expected Impact On Parental Involvement, Study Finds Keeping Migrant Workers' Children Healthy Basics: The Nose, an Emotional Time Machine Nano-coated bullets could help solve gun crimes [60-Second Science Blog] Spanish Researchers Discover Significant Leatherback Turtle Nesting Beaches In The Caribbean China Becomes A Physics Powerhouse Long Work Hours Widen The Gender Gap Vital Signs: Patterns: In Older Neighborhoods, Less Weight Gain Cost Of Stabbings To Britain's Health Service Revealed Data Mining Detects Signs Of Lou Gehrig's Disease In Gene Carriers Long Before Symptoms Appear Monogamy Is Responsible for the Evolution of Bees [Scientific American Magazine] Key To Virulence Protein Entry Into Host Cells Discovered Low-gravity Training Machine Reduces Joint, Muscle Impacts, Says Study Invention: Exoskeleton for grannies Birdman/Bandman: A Q&A with Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg [Features] As Cancer Lingered, She Lived a Bold Life Letters: Worry-Free Summers? (1 Letter) Sleep Apnea Is An Independent Risk Factor For Mortality, Australian Study Shows Maternal Deaths Following Cesarean Delivery Can Be Reduced Beijing Olympics: BMX Bikers Search for Gold on Laoshan Mountain [Features] Little Teeth Suggest Big Jump In Primate Timeline Bacteria were the real killers in 1918 flu pandemic China's Efforts to Make the Olympics Green [EarthTalk] New Role Found For A 'Foxy Old Gene' Strategies To Control TB Outdated, Inadequate, Analysis Shows Methadone Breaks Resistance In Untreatable Forms Of Leukemia Q & A: Hospital Habits Giant Grass Miscanthus Can Meet US Biofuels Goal Using Less Land Than Corn Or Switchgrass International Panel Updates Treatment Guidelines For HIV Infection Screensaver reveals new test for synaesthesia Perchlorate found on Mars makes soil less Earthlike [60-Second Science Blog] Found: The hottest water on Earth Antiviral Therapy Helps Children At Risk For Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Study: Verbal Aggression May Affect Children's Behavior Investigating Sea Ice Decline Toxic Drugs, Toxic System: Sociologist Predicts Drug Disasters Vital Signs: Screening: Higher Rates of Hearing Loss Are Found Books on Science: Inside Story of the Telescope That Nearly Wasn’t Built Plant Parasite 'Wiretaps' Host Combating Secondary Infections In Clinics Spotting Tomorrow’s Forest Fires Carbon Capture Milestone In China Cellular Symmetry: What Cues Tell A Cell To Divide At The Center Visualizing Open Source Software Development World's Smallest Snake Found In Barbados Research Exposes New Target For Malaria Drugs