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- - - - - - Sponsored by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office - - - - - - Watch Previously Recorded Webinars from AAAS/Science View our collection of over 25 webinars on www.sciencemag.org/webinar and learn how today's research is shaping tomorrow's discoveries Featuring presentations from world renowned experts on a broad range of topics, including Noncoding RNAs, Apoptosis, qPCR, Next-Gen Sequencing, and Stem Cell Research, the webinars are a tremendous learning tool that include previously recorded question and answer segments. Watch Science Webinars today at www.sciencemag.org/webinar.     News Home | ScienceNOW | ScienceInsider | Weekly Analysis & Features | About ScienceNews   This week's news from ScienceNOW and ScienceInsider Fri, 11 November 2011   DOE's Exiting Science Boss Steven Koonin: 'I've Been Effective' Two days ago, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Steven Koonin, undersecretary for science, would step down on 18 November. Yesterday, Koonin ticked off some of his...     ScienceShot: The Fastest Spinning Normal Star Twirling sun rotates 300 times faster than our own     Germany to Look for New Nuclear Waste Site BERLIN—Germans are starting over in their search for a permanent nuclear waste storage site. For more than 3 decades, the country has been storing its waste at a site...   Thu, 10 November 2011   ScienceShot: Shrimp Massacre at Coral Point One breed of crustacean turns vicious when it comes to defending monogamy     UPDATE: Disgraced Dutch Pyschologist Returns Doctoral Degree After a devastating report accusing him of fraud in dozens of papers, Dutch social psychologist Diederik Stapel has given up his doctor's title. The University of Amsterdam, where Stapel...     Fuse of 'Vietnamese Time Bomb' Identified Researchers isolate deadly toxin in melioidosis bacterium     Astronomers Spot the Universe's First Gas Distant clouds give clues to early star formation     ScienceShot: Blue Light Turns an Octopus Red Camouflage protects cephalopods from bioluminescent "searchlights"     ScienceShot: How to Tame Lightning Researchers spark mammoth electrical arc   Wed, 9 November 2011   Steven Koonin to Step Down as DOE Science Honcho Steven Koonin is leaving his job as undersecretary for science in the Department of Energy (DOE) after an unhappy stint in a poorly defined position. Koonin's departure, announced in...     Largest Fishery in Eastern U.S. Gets a Break An important fish for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem is getting more protection under a new target set today at a meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)....     ScienceShot: Bigger Birds Flee Human Noise Cacophony makes it hard for them to hear each other's low-pitched songs     HIV Vaginal Gel Nets Inaugural African Science Prize The development of a vaginal gel that can cut a woman's risk of HIV infection by over 50% has been one of the few unqualified victories amid a decade...     Unmuffled Genes Slow Down Lung Cancer First evidence that epigenetic drugs work on solid tumors     New NSF Program Sidesteps External Peer Review U.S. researchers with an unorthodox idea in two or more scientific fields now have the chance to bypass the normal peer-review process at the National Science Foundation (NSF). A...     Novel Drug Shrinks Monkeys' Waistlines Blocking blood flow to fat tissue, controversial in the past, seems safe in animals     ScienceShot: Nano Car Is World's Tiniest Four-wheel-drive vehicle is made of just a few dozen atoms     Malaria's Master Key Newly discovered protein interaction is essential for parasite's entry into red blood cells     How Humans Became Social Evolutionary analysis offers clues to the beginnings of group living     Engine Trouble Leaves Russian Phobos Probe Stranded in Orbit Russia's first solar system exploration mission since 1996 hangs in the balance today as the probe failed to ignite its engines to start the journey to Mars. The mission...     Live Chat: An End to Malaria? Talk to experts about a promising new vaccine and the future of malaria research     Archaeologists Fear Outcome of Congressional Debate on Highway Bill When engineers rebuilding a beach near Lewes, Delaware, in 2004 began finding bits of Colonial-era pottery mixed in with the sand, archaeologists quickly realized they had found a historic...   Tue, 8 November 2011   Video: Hoverflies 'Shift Gears' to Fly High-speed video hints at how complex wing flapping works     ScienceShot: A 44-Million-Year-Old Hitchhiker Digital dissection of a fossil reveals a mite clinging to a spider     ScienceShot: Millipede of the Seas 500-million-year-old footprints point to curious creature     ScienceShot: Why Some Male Marsh Harriers Dress in Drag Imitating females, even for life, confers some advantages     United States Calls for Ambitious New Push to Curb HIV/AIDS Epidemic U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today declared that recent scientific advances in HIV/AIDS have created a "historic opportunity" to change the course of the pandemic and usher in...     Christmas Ornaments, Packed Like Sardines Physicist figures out a better way to pack spheres into cylinders     One-Third of Turkish Academy Resigns in Protest of Government Takeover Members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) are making good on their threat to resign in protest of what they see as government intrusion on the autonomy of...   Mon, 7 November 2011   Was the Spotted Horse an Imaginary Creature? DNA analysis shows veracity of early cave paintings     'Elixir of Youth' Sparks Clash of Croatian Scientists A Slovenian company that makes an antioxidant pill some media have dubbed an "elixir of youth" is threatening to file lawsuits against scientists who have publicly spoken out against...   Fri, 4 November 2011   With Only Trace Evidence to Go On, Experts Discuss Drugs in the Water LONDON—Pharmaceuticals in drinking water: it's a made-for-TV topic that can stir up public outcry faster than you can say "barely detectable residues." With little data on how much excreted...     Fundamental Constant May Depend on Where in the Universe You Are Retread of old idea meets with skepticism, however     Why Are There So Many Colors of Poisonous Frogs? Clay models shed light on a rainforest mystery     Podcast: Viking Sunstones, Happy People, and More Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week         News | Journals | Careers | Blogs | Multimedia | Collections | Help | Site Map | RSS Subscribe | Feedback | Privacy / Legal | About Us | Advertise With Us | Contact Us © 2011 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All Rights Reserved. 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