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IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Jean Kumagai |
Drowning in Sound Sonar can kill whales. But could other noises be just as deadly? Marine mammals can and do adapt to many kinds of man-made sound, but the rising tide of noise may be inhibiting the animals' ability to feed, breed, and migrate |
Scientific American April 2006 Steve Mirsky |
Short Takes A multi-institutional research team reported that it had discovered adult fish just 7.9 millimeters long. The species, Paedocypris progenetica, is found in incredibly acidic peat wetlands in Indonesia. |
Smithsonian April 2006 Richard Conniff |
For the Love of Lemurs To her delight, a social worker-turned-scientist has found the mischievous Madagascar primates to be astonishingly complex. |
Outside March 2006 Anthony Cerretani |
Survival of the A-List Scientists turn to Hollywood for the origin of species names |
Chemistry World March 6, 2006 John Bonner |
Biopolymer for Increased Milk Production Injecting a complex polysaccharide into the udders of dairy cattle can reduce the incidence of mastitis and help prevent the emergence of antibiotic resistance, report US agricultural scientists. |
Scientific American February 27, 2006 Charles Q. Choi |
Going to Bat Long known as vectors for rabies, bats may be the origin of some of the most deadly emerging viruses. Knowledge that bats can carry dangerous viruses could work to prevent epidemics. |
Science News February 4, 2006 |
Cyber Salmon To learn about the people of Alaska, several salmon species, and salmon habitat, try this Web site from the Alaska Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Justin Mullins |
Butterfly Effect The structure that makes one LED researcher's device so special has recently been found to be similar to a sophisticated method of manipulating light discovered in the African swallowtail butterfly Princeps nireus. |
Smithsonian January 2006 Paul Raffaele |
Hippo Haven An idealistic married couple defy poachers and police in strife-torn Zimbabwe to protect a threatened herd of placid pachyderms. |
Smithsonian December 2005 Will Rizzo |
Phenomena and Curiosities: Return of the Jaguar Novel camera traps have documented the elusive cat in Arizona, suggesting it may not be gone from the United States after all. |
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