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• Death to dodder

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The parasitic plant known as dodder really sucks. The vine (shown wrapped around a green stem) pierces the tissue of other...

  8/16/08 by Rachel Ehrenberg · More from publication

• Toddler worldview shifts at age 2: study looks at leap in object recognition and thinking

  WASHINGTON -- Something extraordinary happens between 18 and 24 months of age. Toddlers take giant strides in their ability to visually inspect,...

  8/16/08 by Bruce Bower · More from publication

• Built for speed: animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics—if only they would stay in their lanes

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At 8 a.m., before the day turns shirt-clinging muggy, bystanders gather in hopes of seeing some of the world's really fast...

  8/16/08 by Susan Milius · More from publication

• Welcome to the quantum internet: quantum encryption is here, but the laws of physics can do much more than protect privacy

  A stylish new way of surfing the Internet is coming to Vienna this fall. Researchers plan to flip the switch on the next step toward a quantum...

  8/16/08 by Davide Castelvecchi · More from publication

• Starry details

  The article "Astronomers find distant star with a whole set of superEarths" (SN: 7/05/08, p. 7) leaves out some of the most interesting and...

  8/16/08 by John Myers Ron Cowen · More from publication

• Breaking the link

  I have observed the link between serious disease and depression---discussed in "Sick and down" (SN: 7/19/08, p. 26)--in two elderly...

  8/16/08 by Diana Gainer · More from publication

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