Issue for the week of June 2nd, 2012

How scientists made a killer virus airborne ? and who should know (p. 20)

Hurricane experts push to improve intensity forecasts (p. 26)

Warming climate is expected to trigger the sudden retreat of a partially floating glacier on the continent?s western side by 2100. (p. 5)

Asteroids pummeled the planet for billions of years as the Late Heavy Bombardment tapered off, new estimates suggest. (p. 8)

A black hole?s stellar feast is witnessed by telescopes on Earth and in orbit. (p. 8)

Microbes in gut, rather than genetic changes, allow insects to develop chemical resistance. (p. 9)

Source of climate-warming gas remains uncertain, but might be microbes. (p. 9)

Herky-jerky motion of the island?s ice suggests that melting ice is unlikely to contribute to dramatic sea level rise this century, but the news isn?t all good. (p. 10)

Warmer atmosphere may be to blame for changes in the water cycle. (p. 10)

Early on, ancient crustal plates may have dived deep into the Earth, time and again, giving a halting start to the planetary remodeling process. (p. 11)

New data offer support for a modified mathematical pattern in birds? hunting behavior. (p. 12)

Birds engage in evolutionary arms race (p. 12)

Species thrives in Baltic Sea despite never reaching adulthood. (p. 13)

Wings? length, individual segments allow species to produce mating calls in range of frequencies. (p. 13)

A newly described species of blue-green algae builds hard structures inside its cells. (p. 14)

In brewer?s yeast, the drug sertraline distorts membranes and triggers a self-cannibalizing process. (p. 14)

Indicators of inflammation drop with diet and weight loss. (p. 16)

Carefully placed enzyme injection has a long-lasting effect in mice. (p. 16)

Children living in areas that lack walking-distance parks and supermarkets are more prone to put on weight, new studies find. (p. 17)

In mouse experiments, the compound curbs repetitive behaviors and improves sociability. (p. 17)

An unusual version of the disease-linked amyloid-beta molecule sows destruction in mouse brains. (p. 18)

The Rotating Snakes optical illusion is preceded by blinking and tiny ocular movements, a new study shows. (p. 18)

Review by Rebecca Cheung (p. 30)

Review by Alexandra Witze (p. 30)

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The neutrino messengers (p. 32)

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