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SCIENCE TICKER New Horizons new snaps photos of Pluto BY  CHRISTOPHER CROCKETT ,  FEB 04, 2015 07:08 PM Pluto and its moon Charon Appear the two smudges in the first pictures taken since New Horizons cam out of hibernation.  Read More Read More »

SCICURIOUS How the brain follow-through sections BY  BETHANY BROOKSHIRE ,  FEB 04, 2015 04:29 PM The follow-through on your golf swing is more than just a way to use up extra energy. It's part of how your brain "sections" the movement.  Read More Read More »

SCIENCE TICKER Handheld device turns into diagnostic tool smartphone BY  NATHAN Seppä ,  FEB 04, 2015 03:52 PM The compact device can process the blood sample to diagnose HIV or syphilis When attached to a smartphone.  Read More Read More »

More Headlines from Science News  WILD THINGS Huge, hollow baobab trees are Actually multiple fused stems The trunk of an African baobab tree can grow to be many meters in diameter but hollow inside. The shape, outside researchers say, Occurs when several stems fuse together.  Read More BY SARAH ZIELINSKI , FEB 04, 2015 11:54 AM   NEWS Cockroach personalities can speed or slow group Decisions The mix of temperaments in an alarmed cluster of cockroaches changes how quickly They Make Decisions group.  Read More BY SUSAN Milius , FEB 03, 2015 07:05 PM   NEWS Baby brains undergo dramatic changes in utero Developing human brains experience more than 28,000 changes in the molecular process que Governs activity gene.  Read More BY TINA HESMAN Saey , FEB 03, 2015 04:00 PM   SCIENCE TICKER Isaac Newton's theory of how water defies gravity in plants The passage in one of Isaac Newton's journals Reveals que he may have theorized basic hydrodynamics plant long before botanists.  Read More BY HELEN THOMPSON , FEB 03, 2015 11:42 AM   SCIENCE TICKER Migrating ibises take turns leading the flying V During migration, ibises flying in a V formation Cooperate and take turns flying in wake to save energy, a new study Suggests.  Read More BY HELEN THOMPSON , FEB 02, 2015 06:00 PM   SCIENCE TICKER New particle may be made of four quarks The newly Discovered particle may be Comprised of four quarks, the new study posits.  Read More BY ANDREW GRANT , FEB 02, 2015 04:48 PM   SCIENCE TICKER Tuna mercury rising From 1998 to 2008, mercury levels in Hawaiian Yellowfin tuna have Increased by 3.8 percent per year, outside researchers suggest.  Read More BY BETH MOLE , FEB 02, 2015 03:01 PM