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GROWTH CURVE What’s in a nap? For babies, it may make long-lasting memories BY ASHLEY YEAGER, JAN 14, 2015 05:33 PM Taking naps after learning seems to help babies less than a year old make memories and keep them, for about a day anyway. Read More Read More»

SCIENCE TICKER Brain's plumbing may knock out blood test for brain injury BY ASHLEY YEAGER, JAN 14, 2015 05:13 PM The brain's waste-removal system may complicate scientists' attempts to create a blood test to diagnose traumatic brain injury. Read More Read More»

NEWS IN BRIEF Ancient bone hand ax identified in China BY BRUCE BOWER, JAN 14, 2015 03:41 PM People may have dug up roots with the 170,000-year-old bone tool, the first found in East Asia. Read More Read More»

More Headlines from Science News LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Feedback Readers discuss volcanoes and brain studies involving chocolate, and recommend some science-based options for game night. Read More BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF, JAN 14, 2015 07:00 AM NEWS IN BRIEF Death traps that frequently fail feed carnivorous plants better Carnivorous pitcher plants exploit social lives of ants as scouts escape and inadvertently lead nest mates to death trap. Read More BY SUSAN MILIUS, JAN 13, 2015 07:05 PM SCIENCE TICKER Protectors of our nervous system play a role in pain PET and MRI brain scans show that the cells that protect our central nervous system also play a role in chronic pain. Read More BY ASHLEY YEAGER, JAN 13, 2015 06:37 PM NEWS Squids edit genetic directions extensively In squids, RNA editing means that DNA often does not get the final say in which proteins are created. Read More BY KATE BAGGALEY, JAN 13, 2015 03:35 PM FEATURE 12 reasons research goes wrong Barriers to research replication are based largely in a scientific culture that pits researchers against each other in competition for scarce resources. Here are a few that skew results. Read More BY TINA HESMAN SAEY, JAN 13, 2015 01:23 PM FEATURE Is redoing scientific research the best way to find truth? Researchers don’t even agree on whether it is necessary to duplicate studies exactly or to validate the underlying principles. Read More BY TINA HESMAN SAEY, JAN 13, 2015 01:23 PM WILD THINGS Paternity test reveals father’s role in mystery shark birth A shark pup was born in a tank with three female sharks but no males. A genetic study finds that the shark must have stored sperm for nearly four years. Read More BY SARAH ZIELINSKI, JAN 13, 2015 01:13 PM