Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book ReviewsScience News is an award-winning weekly newsmagazine covering the most important research in all fields of science. Its 16 pages each week are packed with short, accurate articles that appeal to both general readers and scientists. Published since 1922, the magazine now reaches about 150,000 subscribers and more than 1 million readers. These are the latest Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews from Science News .Heat waves stunt grassland growth- September 17, 2008 One hot year can create a scenario that stifles prairie plants even after the heat wavehttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36532/title/Heat_waves_stunt_grassland_growth The presidential candidates on science- September 17, 2008 The Science Debate 2008 team sent science and technology questions to Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. Find out how they answered.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36512/title/The_presidential_candidates_on_scie... Fastest spores in the West (or anywhere)- September 16, 2008 SEE THE VIDEO: Researchers film a fungus catapulting its sporeshttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36504/title/Fastest_spores_in_the_West_%28or_an... Immune cell plays good cop, bad cop- September 16, 2008 Depending on where a neuron is injured, immune cells can either help or harmhttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36506/title/Immune_cell_plays_good_cop%2C_bad_c... Fish glowing red- September 16, 2008 Plenty of reef creatures fluoresce red, even where seawater absorbs red sunlighthttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36499/title/Fish_glowing_red Plastics chemical linked to heart disease, diabetes- September 16, 2008 Study is based on data collected from human adults and matches urine concentrations of bisphenol A with type 2 diabetes, heart disease and liver enzyme problemshttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36488/title/Plastics_chemical_linked_to_heart_d... New ant species found- September 16, 2008 One weird ant suggests lost world of ancient ants living underground.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36462/title/New_ant_species_found Science & the Public: McCain Is Bullish on R&D- September 15, 2008 Featured blog: John McCain weighs in on science and technology issues with long-awaited written responses to the Science Debate 2008.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36436/title/McCain_Is_Bullish_on_R%2BD Late nights and disease- September 15, 2008 It took only one night of too little sleep to change blood levels of an inflammation-causing protein in women volunteershttp://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36433/title/Late_nights_and_disease Snapshot of a planet beyond the solar system- September 15, 2008 The image is possibly the first of an extrasolar planet orbiting a normal star, but some of its features counter current thinking.http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36427/title/Snapshot_of_a_planet_beyond_the_sol... |