Juhan: Issue for the week of June 30th, 2012

A warming climate means shifting ranges and mixed-up relationships for a lot of species (p. 16)

The next big pain drug may soothe sensory firestorms without side effects (p. 22)

Alan Turing foresaw machines? potential to mimic brains (p. 26)

A combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and therapy can restore lost connections between lower limbs and brain. (p. 5)

Huge underground chambers of magma appear and erupt within just several centuries, a study of California rocks suggests. (p. 7)

Rock crystals reveal pulses of underground activity. (p. 7)

Unlike wine's, coffee's benefits apparently keep increasing well beyond the first two servings. (p. 8)

Body odor changes detectably with age, becoming mellower in men and not at all offensive in either sex ? even to young people. (p. 8)

A chronic lack of oxygen caused by disrupted rest may explain the association, researchers say. (p. 9)

Implants and IUDs outperform the pill, vaginal ring and patch as birth control options, a study finds. (p. 9)

Two teams report beaming information about particles over long distances, a step toward creating satellite quantum communication networks. (p. 10)

New element names honor the contributions of Russian and American laboratories. (p. 10)

Astronomers position themselves to capture crucial measurements as the planet passes across the face of the sun. (p. 11)

Cave paintings and decorated disks provided moving experiences in ancient Europe. (p. 12)

Wanting what others have may be hardwired in the brain, experiments suggest. (p. 12)

Ecological partnerships are getting out of sync especially at high latitudes, a study of hummingbirds suggests. (p. 13)

Disrupting tree canopies on a Pacific atoll discourages big fish off shore through a long chain of ecological consequences. (p. 13)

Genetically encoded memory could track cell division inside the body. (p. 14)

A 10-gene cluster controls the flowers? production of a valuable cough suppressant and antitumor compound. (p. 14)

Communicating information about the environment allows a stumbling machine to rejoin its group. (p. 15)

Review by Allison Bohac (p. 30)

Review by Janet Raloff (p. 30)

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Changing seasons inspire science (p. 32)

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