GamerBeef: Science News

Obama and McCain weigh in on stem cells, federal research funding, and preventive medicine.

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The Obama campaign answers 14 questions posed by the Science Debate 2008 committee, and research figured prominently in most of them.

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Two studies on mice shed light on the role of neurogenesis in memory, olfactory sensing and antidepressant efficacy

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Most distant, massive galaxy cluster discovered to date holds dark energy clues

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From the September 13, 2008 issue of Science News

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Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump, DK Publishing, 2008, 208 p.,

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John S. Friedman, Delacorte Press, 2008, 290 p.,

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Stephen Krensky, Charlesbridge, 2008, 64 p., .95

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Linda L. McCabe and Edward R.B. McCabe, Univ. of California Press, 2008, 339 p., .95

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Jekka McVicar, Firefly Books, 2008, 304 p., .95

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Review by Nathan Seppa

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Review by Rachel Ehrenberg

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An ancient Israeli site yields the oldest known archaeological example of beekeeping

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Henri Cartan, one of the leaders of a revolution in mathematics, dies at 104

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Virus DNA may help bacteria survive at hydrothermal vents.

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People may sometimes make up their minds without knowing it

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Mysterious structure at the tip of the nose could be a special alarm sensor.

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The smallest species of snake ever discovered lives on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

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Many traumatized kids don’t receive scientifically backed treatment

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New method could make carbon sequestration cheaper

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Mathematicians create videos that help in visualizing four-dimensional objects

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Eating insects is a common practice in most places, at least outside of the United States and Europe.

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Bi courtship among hissing roaches could be a sign of a superdad. The traits could be a behavioral syndrome.

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Studies of the decay of kaons hint at possible flaws in standard model of particle physics.

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The chemical keeps sleep-deprived people going

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Interactions among microbes suggest oceans could absorb less carbon than expected.

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Data from far off star cluster suggests cosmos holds few, if any, mid-sized black holes.

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Surveys shows link between chronic childhood ear infections and preference for fatty foods, obesity

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Ground squirrels use their own odors to reconstruct family relationships after hibernation.

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The ultrasonic din of dying trees inspires a new kind of research to save forests from beetle attacks †and battle climate change

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Protein improves old rats’ ability to form new memories

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Review by Ashley Yeager

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by Thomas O. McGarity and Wendy E. Wagner, Harvard Univ. Press, 2008, 384 p.,

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by J.R. Leibowitz, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2008, 160 p., .95

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If we have free will, so do subatomic particles, mathematicians claim to prove.

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New suggestions for defining a planet would put Pluto and many other objects back on the list.

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Kidnapped worker ants do a little quiet sabotage

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A Stone Age graveyard offers insights into two poorly understood cultures

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Pluto’s satellite meets definitions of plutoid and dwarf planet

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Cassini spacecraft reveals location of icy geysers on one of Saturn’s moons

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Calculations find that many universes could sustain stars

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The eruption in 1600 of a seemingly quiet volcano in Peru changed global climate and triggered famine as far away as Russia

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Recent changes in hearing-related genes may have influenced language development

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Advances in gene therapy could tempt some athletes to enhance their genetic makeup, leading some researchers to work on detection methods just in case

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Raman spectroscopy may offer doctors, dentists and forensic scientists a better tool for molecular detection

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Signals from space to Earth could establish the reality of Einstein’s worst fear

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From the August 2, 2008 issue of Science News

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An online atlas of the mouse spinal cord points researchers toward places where genes are active

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