Issue for the week of June 15th, 2013

Studies reveal the placenta?s crucial role in healthy pregnancies. (p. 16)

New optics shatter the diffraction barrier, illuminating life within us. (p. 20)

Fine-tuning of technique used in other animals could enable personalized medicine. (p. 5)

Creature's cells change shape to form appendages. (p. 8)

Continent's ancestry merges about 30 generations ago, genetic study finds (p. 8)

Apes and monkeys split from a common ancestor more than 25 million years ago, fossil finds suggest. (p. 9)

High-speed videos capture stretched-out tongue bumps that stretch out so nectar-feeding bats can slurp up their food. (p. 9)

Astronomers look forward to building on the planet-hunting telescope's discoveries. (p. 10)

In a new study, a popular style of memory workout leaves reasoning and mental agility flat. (p. 12)

Gene activity in the brain suggests that circadian rhythms are off-kilter in people with depression. (p. 12)

Pliocene epoch featured greenhouse gas levels similar to today's but with higher average temperatures. (p. 13)

Element could stay locked in soil, 20-year study suggests. (p. 13)

Tapering asymmetry of some nuclei confirms predictions. (p. 14)

Easy technique uses inexpensive equipment to make three-dimensional rendering. (p. 14)

Large study counters common assumption that whites get MS more. (p. 15)

The Science Life (p. 32)

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Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/350769/title/Issue_for_the_week_of_June_15th_2013

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