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2003. 10. 31 ´º½º


• Getting Into a Cassowary's Head
  Birds may use infrasound to carry calls through the jungle
• Did FDR Have Guillain-Barré?
  A new study suggests the president's polio was misdiagnosed
• Ice Shelf Feels the Heat
  Study shows warmer ocean could threaten Antarctic ice

  2003. 10. 30 ´º½º
  

• New Logic for Quantum Device
  Physicists open the gate for solid-state quantum computing
• The Iceman Is All Italian
  Isotopic data track Ötzi's origins and peregrinations
• Mice Saved From Madness
  In a first, mice recover from prion disease

  2003. 10. 29 ´º½º
  

• How Pterosaurs Terrorized the Skies
  Brain scans suggest extinct flyers may have had 'smart wings'
• Two Species Join Club SARS
  Cats and ferrets can carry the virus

  2003. 10. 28 ´º½º
  

• EPA Gets New Director
  Leavitt will face challenges in clean air plans, climate change
• Warm Globe, More Snow
  Global warming could mean more snow around the Great Lakes
• The Universe Is Still Exploding
  Sky survey backs up a violent view of the cosmos

  2003. 10. 27 ´º½º
  

• NIH Shaken by Grants "Hit List"
  Congressional questions lead NIH to justify studies on risky behaviorv
• Drug Thwarts Hepatitis C
  New drug stymies the virus by shutting down vital enzymes
• Finding the Right Bug for the Job
  A new technique may aid the hunt for pollution-eating bacteria
• Institute of Medicine Electees Announced
  New members contributed to medical science, public health

  2003. 10. 24 ´º½º
  

• That Wall in China Is Nothing
  'Great Wall' of galaxies is by far the largest object known
• Knowing When to Change Sex
  Reaching a certain size may trigger the switch
• Eat More Meat, Go Extinct
  Hypercarnivores don't survive as long as other dog species
• How Embryos Know Left From Right
  A protein tells two-cell embryos which side is which

  2003. 10. 23 ´º½º
  

• Genes Speed Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
  Inflammation may be key to how fast the diseases progress
• One Fish, Two Fish
  Ambitious marine life census releases first figures
• Sun Run Amok?
  Magnetic activity on the sun is running at a 1000-year high
• Science and Technology Awards Announced
  Medals honor 16 scientists and one company

  2003. 10. 22 ´º½º
  

• Gene Sparks Peculiar Sensations
  Geneticists may have found the switch for puberty
• Drought Pushed the Andes Higher
  A new theory may explain the mountains' surprising height
• Avoiding a Klamath Calamity
  Saving endangered salmon will take a broad range of efforts

  2003. 10. 21 ´º½º
  

• The Grand Canyon's Cattalo
  Cow genes may doom troublesome buffalo herd
• Comet Mission Melted Itself Down
  Hot exhaust, cut corners doomed CONTOUR, panel concludes
• Mortal Combat, Mastodon-Style
  These extinct herbivores had a mean streak

  2003. 10. 20 ´º½º
  

• Bobbing for Sauropods
  New research keeps giant dinosaurs in shallow end of the pool
• Thanks for the Cancer, Dad
  Paternally inherited DNA modifications may help tumors grow
• Running to Distraction
  Obsessive running makes mice poor learners

  2003. 10. 17 ´º½º
  

• Asteroid Once Was Lost, Now It's Found
  Astronomers grateful to find potentially dangerous rock
• Virus Shows Wasp Who's Boss
  Outside agitators direct egg-laying behavior
• The Elusive Essence of 'Stemness'
  Genes that define stem cells are tough to pin down

  2003. 10. 16 ´º½º
  

• GM Crops' Effects on Wildlife Mixed
  Largest trial shows crops can boost or curtail weeds and insects
• Imported Corn Fueled Chaco Culture
  Archaeologists uncover a food source of a mysterious culture
• Fourteen Steps to Global Health
  $200 million initiative will fund research on specific problems

  2003. 10. 15 ´º½º
  

• Making Tissue, One Cell at a Time
  Artificial scaffold helps stem cells get organized
• Messages Fly No Faster Than Light
  Best test yet finds that information obeys Einstein's speed limit
• Deconstructing Prions
  New insights into how the deadly proteins take hold

  2003. 10. 14 ´º½º
  

• Judge Not by the Genes
  U.S. Senate passes bill to nip genetic discrimination in the bud
• Fill 'Er Up With Plankton
  How much plant matter are you putting into your gas tank?
• Is Long Life in the Blood?
  Centenarians and their children share a distinct lipid profile
• Shocking Revelation About Dirty Air
  Particulate air pollution may increase lightning strikes

  2003. 10. 10 ´º½º
  

• Warmer Ocean Blamed for Drought
  The Indian Ocean is wringing moisture from the Sahel
• Ozone Loss Changes Weather
  Thinned ozone layer influences Antarctic winds, temperatures
• Genes Keep Bee's Brain on Job
  Active genes tell whether bees nurse the brood or look for food

  2003. 10. 9 ´º½º
  

• Rejection Is Like Pain to the Brain
  Social exclusion activates the same regions as physical pain
• Whales Get Bent?
  Sonar may cause decompression sickness in cetaceans
• SNPs Set Free
  Biotech company releases information on 120,000 gene variants

  2003. 10. 8 ´º½º
  

• Holes in Cells Yield Nobels
  Chemistry prize honors work on gatekeeper proteins
• Balancing Science and Biosecurity
  U.S. panel proposes new oversight system, but warns of intrusive new policies
• The Universe, Hemmed In?
  New research proposes 12 sides to it all
• Economics Nobelists Tackle Time
  Prizes honor work on financial forecasting

  2003. 10. 7 ´º½º
  

• Hot Prize for Cold Physics
  Nobels awarded for work on superconductivity, superfluidity
• Humanity on a Chip
  New arrays contain a complete set of human genes
• Cryptic Sculpture Cracked
  The secret of the 'Cyrillic Projector' is out
• SARS Labs Not Just Monkeying Around
  New animal models should aid development of drugs, vaccines

  2003. 10. 6 ´º½º
  

• Image-Conscious Medicine Nobel
  Work on magnetic resonance imaging wins honors
• Insect Killer Sequenced
  Bacterial genome may yield insecticidal secrets
• Liquid Takes a Hard Turn
  Flick of a switch turns a fluid to a solid and back
• Scientists Rake in MacArthur Grants
  Winners include 22-year-old computer scientist, eight others

  2003. 10. 3 ´º½º
  

• Feathers Fly at Ig Nobel Ceremony
  Studies on chicken-human attraction, duck necrophilia honored
• Location Matters for Motoneurons
  Neighboring cells make motor neurons bloom or wilt
• Climate Change Shifts Flight Schedules
  Bird migration between Africa and Britain influenced by warming

  2003. 10. 2 ´º½º
  

• Chilly Dunk May Await Titan Probe
  New evidence for seas of natural gas on Saturn's moon
• Freshwater Eels Are Slipping Away
  Populations are crashing worldwide--but why?
• Hoarding Junk DNA
  In mammals, some noncoding DNA is preserved better than genes are

  2003. 10. 1 ´º½º
  

• Hoarding Junk DNA
  In mammals, some noncoding DNA is preserved better than genes are
• No Lava Lost for Big Impacts
  Even huge meteorites wouldn't make Earth bleed lava
• Zoo Carnivores Need More Space
  Animals that roam far and wide in the wild fare worst in zoos