Segmentation Gets Pieced Together
Two new studies help clear up a universal process in the animal world
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Pi Keeps 'Em Guessing
Mathematicians inch toward proving that the digits are truly random -
Of Faces and Races
Neuroscientists link a well-known social phenomenon to an area in the brain -
Ice Man Was Killed From Behind
New scan reveals arrowhead, suggesting a drawn-out and painful death -
Lionesses Are Democrats
Long-term study shows that female lions in a pride have equal numbers of cubs -
Proteomics Takes a Leap
New protein chips analyze thousands of proteins simultaneously -
New Peptides Pack More Punch
Self-assembling antimicrobials pierce bacterial cell walls -
The Stammering Brain
Anatomy sets stutterers apart -
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Yellowstone's Geologic Recycling Program
New study suggests rocks are "reused" in regular giant eruptions -
India Invites Pakistani Scientists
Gesture at eve of summit hoped to help improve relationships -
Particle Physicists Chart the Future
Plans for $6 billion electron-positron collider reach critical mass at Snowmass -
World Starts Taming the Greenhouse
In marathon session, 178 countries reach agreement on Kyoto Protocol -
Our Left-Handed Cousins
Genes, developmental anomalies play a role in chimps' handedness -
Ubiquitin Strikes Again
Omnipresent and versatile protein may act as "DNA stopwatch" -
Study Stresses Genes' Role in Cancer
New analysis disputes major study that showed no great genetic effect -
New Clues to Malaria's Origin
Study traces parasite's origins to the dawn of agriculture -
New S. pneumoniae Genome Published
Comparison with two earlier, incomplete sequences may yield clues to drugs, vaccines -
All the President's Pills
Mercury-laden depression drug may have poisoned Lincoln -
Banana Genome Eyed
Researchers want full sequence by 2006, but some say the field is not ripe -
Most Trials at Hopkins Shut Down
Government halts all federally funded clinical studies after finding major lapses -
Pentagon May Drop AIDS Research
Department seeks to transfer "nontraditional" program to National Institutes of Health -
Fierce Flash, Strange Star
"Quark stars" may explain unusually bright gamma ray flash -
What Keeps Girls Out of Science
New report says cultural barriers to blame for dearth of women researchers -
Fossils From the Dawn of Humanity
New find may represent the earliest known human ancestors
