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Week in Science (for Dec. 18, 2006)

Circumcision helps prevent HIV, frankincense is in danger, and investors are warned to consider companies' records on climate change.
Week in Science (for Dec. 11, 2006)

NASA plans for a lunar base, grouper and eels hunt together, and therapeutic cloning becomes legal in Australia.
Week in Science (for Dec. 4, 2006)

Indians protest for control of their forests, Ethiopia poisons its lions, and the Supreme Court hears a global warming case.
Week in Science (for Nov. 20, 2006)

Hollywood creates A-list pollution, trips to space sell out, and pandas get porn to get it on.
Week in Science (for Nov. 13, 2006)

Santorum is out, blind mice have their sight restored, and Mercury makes a rare transit across the sun.
Week in Science (for Nov. 6, 2006)

Referees favor the home team, E.O Wilson will have his wish granted, and a British company will mine the Amazon for new cures.
Week in Science (for Oct. 30, 2006)

Blue stragglers lag behind regular stars, a polar bear gets a tropical disease, and the Appalachian Mountains triggered an ice age.
Week in Science (for Oct. 23, 2006)

Gay animals get their 20 minutes, engineers design an invisibility cloak, and An Inconvenient Truth gets an international audience.
Week in Science (for Oct. 16, 2006)

U.S. denies Iraqi death toll, elephants evict Indians, and the FDA gets suggestions for reform.
I Can't Believe It's Science (for Oct. 9, 2006)

Neil Armstrong knows his grammar, "The Daily Show" is good for you, and the IgNobel Prizes honor ("I Can't Believe It's) science's best.
Week in Science (for Oct. 9, 2006)

U.S. population approaches 300 million, koalas aren't good Catholics, and the European Union is bad for Britain's health.
Week in Science (for Oct. 2, 2006)

Ancient birds may have had four wings, people don't understand nutritional labels, and the federal government blocks a document on climate change.
Week in Science (for Sept. 25, 2006)

A shark walks on its fins, Richard Branson gives billions to fight climate change, and an Iranian newspaper doesn't want a space tourist to be a role model.
Week in Science (for Sept. 18, 2006)

Madonna won't be launched into space, Russia returns to nuclear power, and a new bird species is discovered in India.
Week in Science (for Sept. 11, 2006)

Chevron taps an enormous oil reserve, strange quarks distribute symmetrically, and the Ivory Coast's government quits over an environmental disaster.
I Can't Believe It's Science (for Sep. 4, 2006)

Filipino inmates shave for spill, female teachers alienate their male students, and nuns talk to God from multiple spots in their mind.
Week in Science (for Sept. 4, 2006)

Water wars are a myth, Britain's population bounces back, and genetically modified rice is on the loose.
I Can't Believe It's Science (for Aug. 28, 2006)

Polar bears' genitals are shrinking, Gospel listeners are engaging in unprotected sex, and livestock are still contributing to global warming.
Week in Science (for Aug. 28, 2006)

Pluto is out, irrigation is in, and the ozone layer is slowly recovering.
Week in Science: 8/11 - 8/17

Americans fail the test on evolution, NASA pulls a Nixon, and five nations lose their taste for caviar.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 8/4 - 8/10

New Zealand's abundance of aggression, Special K's reversal of depression and a trio of teen sex findings guaranteed to worry any decent parent.
Week in Science: 8/4 - 8/10

Environmental issues rough up the Governator, fossils reveal a new hoofed mammal and Russia pretends to go to Mars.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 7/28 - 8/3

Humans are getting sexier, marijuana is acting as birth control and global warming warnings are using "climate porn."
Week In Science: 7/28 - 8/3

Scientists discover Google Earth, illegal trade in rare species thrives and it always rains on Titan.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 7/21 - 7/27

The expanding US body doesn't fit in its medical machines, the sordid story of love between a duck and a hen and an equation that predicts when your kid is going to ask, "Are we there yet?"
Week in Science: 7/21-7/27

China gears up for space super-fruit, animal rights activists back off and US lawmakers pair better fuel efficiency with expanded drilling.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 7/14 - 7/20

Men get stupider after sharing their bed, ferocious animals get better treatment at an Israeli hospital and a stem cell finding done without federal funding.
Week in Science: 7/14 - 7/20

China bans the sale of human organs, Ford begins work on a hybrid engine and a renowned geneticist is convicted of a felony.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 7/7 - 7/13

The ferocious animals of Australia's past, the excess of pee in German bushes and the promise of meat from stem cells.
Week in Science: 7/7 - 7/13

Bush argues for science funding, China uses fuel-efficient vehicles and Al Gore praises Wal-Mart.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 6/30 - 7/6

Miniskirts can prevent pain, how to get an instant accent and an even more annoying mosquito has evolved.
Week in Science: 6/30 - 7/6

Discovery launches safely, automakers vow to produce more flexible-fuel vehicles and Americans eat apes.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 6/23 - 6/29

More uses found for Viagra, German airline passengers light up and if you don't get sarcasm, you might have brain damage.
Week In Science: 6/23 - 6/29

The Supreme Court considers federal regulation of emissions, a tsunami warning system goes into effect and Darwin's tortoise dies.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 6/16 - 6/22

Clowns can cause pregnancy, learning gets you high and the Big Apple is sweeter than you thought.
Week in Science: 6/16 ‐ 6/22

NASA plans a risky launch, national science academies call for the teaching of evolution, and Norway houses a doomsday vault full of seeds.
I Can't Believe It's Science: 6/9 - 6/15

Sperm have a solid sense of smell, the seasonal migrations of human body fat and the funniest joke in the land.
Week in Science: 6/9 - 6/15

Russia plans to build a floating power plant, India prepares access nuclear technology, and Bush creates the world's largest marine preserve.
New & Notable: 6/2 - 6/8

Beer to manage menopause, the Chinese tamper with the weather and baritone women get what they want.
Week in Science: 6/2 - 6/8

China builds an enormous dam, electric fish may be dividing into two species and sperm quality declines with age.
New & Notable: 5/26 - 6/1

E. coli can make fuel out of chocolate, children don't actually comprehend TV and sex won't make the baby come any quicker.
Week In Science: 5/26 - 6/1

The ozone layer is on the mend, eight new species are discovered in a cave and scientists get a special dye to drop a dimension.
New & Notable: 5/19 - 5/25

How whales lost their legs; forget Superman, here's super-broccoli; and looking for cure-alls on the oceanfloor.
Week in Science: 5/19 - 5/25

Gore and Bush trade barbs over Gore's new movie, there's a pill for reawakening the comatose and we're keeping our fingers crossed that Discovery may soon launch.
New & Notable: 5/12 - 5/18

Chronic bed-wetting teenagers, what we'll suffer through not to be fat and the "Daily Show" has jaded us all.
Week in Science: 5/12 - 5/18

Hominids and chimps may have interbred, Clinton says environmentalism can be used to fight terrorism and all federally funded research may soon be freely available.
New & Notable: 5/5 - 5/11

Dolphins can engage in name-calling, women are often harassed in chatrooms and drunk monkeys are a lot like drunk people.
Week in Science: 5/5 - 5/11

The government may offer $10 million for hydrogen technology, scientists discover a new genus of monkey and NASA and India cooperate to reach the moon.
New & Notable: 4/28 - 5/4

The case of the mummy's missing member, touching what no one has touched before and the mayor who never flushes.
Week in Science: 4/28 - 5/4

Water runs uphill, astronomers time a day on Saturn and Mikhail Gorbachev encourages investment in solar power.
New & Notable: 4/21 - 4/27

The Pope may OK condoms in some circumstances, you're probably think you are a little hotter than you were yesterday and a scientific guide to being a ladies man.
Week in Science: 4/21 - 4/27

Bush works to lower gas prices, birds recognize sentence structure, and black holes prove to be efficient engines.
New & Notable: 4/14 - 4/20

China and Taiwan come together, penicillin's got nothing on wallaby milk and even ugly ducklings get lucky eventually.
Week in Science: 4/14 - 4/20

NASA refuses to disclose details of a space failure, Britain goes into ecological debt and Neil Armstrong gets a piece of the moon.
What to Do for Earth Day

Seed presents a sample of the Earth Day events taking place around the world.
New & Notable: 4/7 - 4/13

The formula for the perfect butt, regeneration as an alternative to stem cells and how to engage a man.
Week in Science: 4/7 - 4/13

Scientists determine the size of UB313, Singapore pilfers our researchers and Britain condemns creationism.
New & Notable: 3/31 - 4/6

How much to pay for a cancer cure, how healthy beans may be and how we may soon travel to the moon.
Week in Science: 3/31 - 4/6

Part-fish, part-land animal fills evolutionary hole; the avian flu death toll climbs; and scientists create bladders from stem cells.
New & Notable: 3/24 - 3/30

Prayer doesn't help heal the heart, celebrities will fork over a fortune to feel weightless and the Polish are smarter than the Brits.
Week in Science: 3/24 - 3/30

An eclipse blocks out the sun, Britain gets a new set of emissions targets and a Texas biotech company has big ambitions for horse cloning.
New & Notable: 3/17 - 3/23

Deep sleep my save us from extinction, pretty birds can fight off avian flu, cheese could be an alternative source of ethanol.
Week in Science: 3/17 - 3/23

Why avian flu hasn't become a pandemic, where the sun will be hiding out and whatever happened to Hwang Woo-suk?
New & Notable: 3/10 - 3/16

Swelling drug test subjects, a baby held for ransom by a hospital and a case of warming corpses.
Week in Science: 3/10 - 3/16

There's oil all over Alaska, global warming has progressed past its tipping point and a lost rat resurfaces.
New & Notable: 3/3 - 3/9

Plants glow for water, office humor rubs people the wrong way and girls gone wild on spring break.
Week in Science: 3/3 - 3/9

South Carolina teachers stand up for science, the shuttle may get a delayed lift-off and Africa could dry up.
New & Notable: 2/24 - 3/2

Blondes may just be a passing attraction, the Iditarod has to find a new route and an Australian mother takes on a croc.
Week in Science: 2/24 - 3/2

The Russians lose another satellite, evolution wins out in Utah and California opens one stem cell institute, sues another.
New & Notable: 2/17 - 2/23

Sharp-toothed chickens, merciful gladiators and over-sexed athletes.
Week in Science: 2/17 - 2/23

Astronomers find out where to look for ET, scientists can't find many sharks and the British aren't allowed to release as much carbon as they'd like.
New & Notable: 2/10 - 2/16

Vulture life-partners break up, the science of speed-dating and how depressing it is to be a parent.
Week in Science: 2/10 - 2/16

Avian flu migrates west, a below-water city reveals itself and evolution wins again.
New & Notable: 2/3 - 2/9

Identifying fake Jackson Pollocks, rallying around a radish and wheezing in Scranton.
Week in Science: 2/3 - 2/9

Journeying to a "lost world," whistle-blowing at NASA and budgeting Bush's new emphasis on science.
New & Notable: 1/27 - 2/2

Savior siblings are used for their working parts, two different types of earwax, and the new toilet that comments on your flow.
Week in Science: 1/27 - 2/2

President Bush pushes science, autism linked to analytical parents and UB313 dwarfs Pluto.
New & Notable: 1/20 - 1/26

Germans are grumpy, sex is soothing and plants are not to blame for global warming.
Week in Science: 1/20 - 1/26

Chimps may be closer cousins than we thought, a NASA official leaves to find E.T., and the US fares poorly in a study of environmental responsibility.
The Week in Science: 1/13 - 1/19

Avian flu mutates itself, Greenpeace leaves a present and the Stardust returns with, well, dust.
The Week in Science: 1/06 - 1/12

Avian flu heads west, the north was warm in 2005 and Snuppy is all that remains of Hwang Woo-suk's eastern empire.
The Week in Science: 12/30-1/5

A researcher from Hwang Woo-suk's lab tells all, NASA celebrates a second anniversary and Britain recognizes renewable energy efforts.
The Week in Science 12/23-12/29

Hwang is out, Shell Oil is in trouble and 2005 gets an extra second.
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The Year in Science 2005

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