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In The News
5 STORY ONE
s Snake invaders plague ’glades
8 BODY & BRAIN
s Bad feelings intensify with a
good night’s sleep
s Tripping brains unexpectedly
tranquil
s Stressing out triggers
inflammation
s Snack sales in middle schools
not tied to teen obesity
10 GENES & CELLS
s Arsenic-based life debunked
11 EARTH
s Carbonation fuels diamonds’
rise to the top
12 ATOM & COSMOS
s Planets as common as stars
in the Milky Way
s First exoplanet ever seen
directly may have been a
mirage
14 LIFE
s Acidifying waters amp up
fish’s brains
s Boas take prey’s pulse while
snuffing it out
15 HUMANS
s Willpower is a muscle that
weakens as you exercise it
s It is better to give
s Men quicker to say “I love you”
16 SCIENCE & SOCIETY
s Simple math can find signs
of election fraud
s Haiti cholera outbreak
tracked by Twitter
Special Report
18 CONSCIOUSNESS EMERGES
The experience of awareness
coalesces from messages born
outside and within the brain.
By Laura Sanders
Features
22 MAKING WAVES
Careful tracking of the tsunami
that hit Japan last March is
giving scientists a clearer
picture of risk and response
around the Ring of Fire.
By Alexandra Witze
26 LESSONS FROM THE TORPID
COVER STORY: Hibernators’
physiological feats hold clues
to fending off a range of human
diseases — from cardiovascular
problems to osteoporosis.
By Tina Hesman Saey
Departments
2 FROM THE EDITOR
4 NOTEBOOK
30 BOOKSHELF
31 FEEDBACK
32 FROM THE ARCHIVE
With a mechanical brain,
a pterosaur replica soars.
