Bohr's revolutionary atomic theory turns 100. (p. 20)
Cicadas' odd life cycle poses evolutionary conundrums. (p. 26)
New formula relates city size to infrastructure, productivity. (p. 5)
Females can use sperm months after mates go belly up. (p. 8)
Ancient fossils reveal surprises about early vertebrate necks, abdominal muscles. (p. 8)
Famous for speed, the big cats actually rely on acceleration and maneuverability to capture prey. (p. 9)
Using everyday materials, two research teams conceal ordinary objects by guiding light around them. (p. 10)
To record size and shape of a room, researchers use a speaker, five microphones and some math. (p. 10)
Experimental microchip improves reliability and speed of writing and reading data. (p. 11)
Ocean acidification could hamper larvae's growth. (p. 12)
Orbiting camera detects reflected light to determine the extent of the planet's vegetation. (p. 12)
Throat movements get decoded to reveal sounds of speech. (p. 13)
Selections from the meeting held June 2-7 in Montreal include personal listening zones in cars and music of the body. (p. 13)
Stem cells spur return of amputated digits in mice (p. 14)
No strong signs of canine ancestry among living grey wolves. (p. 14)
Fluorescent protein binds to bilirubin, a compound the body must eliminate. (p. 15)
?BigBrain? model, the most detailed atlas yet, could improve brain scanning tools and neurosurgeons? navigation. (p. 16)
Abnormalities in three brain regions found among those who head the ball most frequently. (p. 18)
Genome alterations probably not responsible for decline in disease prevalence. (p. 18)
When struck with light, retinal prostheses stimulate animals' visual cortices. (p. 19)
Male chickens lose phalluses before hatching. (p. 19)
Proposal would extend protections to both wild and captive primate populations. (p. 19)
Angkor, the capital of Cambodia's Khmer empire, included carefully planned ?suburbs that spread across the landscape. (p. 19)
A genetic quirk linking snails in two distant areas suggests people brought escargot on their migration to the Emerald Isle. (p. 19)
Review by Allison Bohac (p. 30)
Review by Erin Wayman (p. 30)
Excerpt from the July 13, 1963, issue of Science News Letter (p. 4)
(p. 31)
The Science Life (p. 32)
Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/351310/title/Issue_for_the_week_of_July_13th_2013
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