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Learning plays a largely unappreciated role in mental development, according to researchers who examine the variety of tactics children adopt as they attempt to solve problems in mathematics and other areas. (p. 172)Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11Found in: Behavior
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The number of centenarians is expected to double every ten years, making this formerly rare group one of the fastest-growing in the developed world. Researchers are turning to studies of the oldest old to determine how genes, lifestyle, and social factors contribute to longevity. (p. 156)Published: March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10Found in: Biomedicine
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Spurred by the first tentative sightings after a decades-old search, physicists seeking the universes mass-giving particlethe Higgs bosonhave fired up the worlds highest-energy particle collider to join the pursuit. (p. 152)Published: March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10Found in: Physics
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Scientists puzzle over why some wasps and beetles race to forest fires. (p. 140)Published: March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9Found in: Biology -
One arcane family of fats may be tapped to treat or prevent a host of diseases. (p. 136)Published: March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9Found in: Nutrition -
A proposed national virtual observatory, a mammoth computer database integrating spectra, images, and other information covering the entire sky, could usher in a new age of discovery in astronomy. (p. 124)Published: February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8Found in: Astronomy -
In the wake of one of the worst fire seasons in the past 50 years, scientists are assessing risk as more people move into fire-prone areas and developing ways to better predict the behavior of--and the potential for--wildfires. (p. 120)Published: February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8Found in: Earth Science -
Materials scientists have turned the tools of their trade on some of the most familiar substances in the world: food. (p. 108)Published: February 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #7Found in: Materials Science -
Scientists confront the hazy realm of spiritual enlightenment. (p. 104)Published: February 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #7Found in: Behavior
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs may also treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease. (p. 92)Published: February 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #6Found in: Biomedicine -
Two prototype jumping robots that hop, crash-and-land, and then hop again are demonstrating a novel mobility concept that may finally enable small, cheap robots to roam widely over rough terrain. (p. 88)Published: February 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #6Found in: Technology -
Some chemists are sharing their research results more quickly and broadly as they begin to venture into electronic archives, where they can immediately post new, unreviewed papers, as physicists have done for a decade; others think such archives could mean the end of reliable chemistry research. (p. 76)Published: February 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #5Found in: Chemistry -
While researchers tease out the mechanisms behind the ability of inert pills and sham procedures to trigger health benefits, the ethics of using such placebos in medical research trials is coming under increasing scrutiny. (p. 74)Published: February 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #5Found in: Biomedicine
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On a tight energy budget, newborns no bigger than chipmunks grow into roly-poly superstars. (p. 61)Published: January 27th, 2001; Vol.159 #4Found in: Biology -
A new book raises troubling and controversial issues regarding research on a famous South American Indian population. (p. 58)Published: January 27th, 2001; Vol.159 #4Found in: Anthropology


