Archive of articles published on the 1st of February 2012

Mom's love good for child's brain
Testosterone makes us less cooperative and more egocentric, study finds
Honey could be effective at treating and preventing wound infections
First plants caused ice ages
Sleep apnea linked to silent strokes, small lesions in brain
Sandia tool determines value of solar photovoltaic power systems
Why the brain is more reluctant to function as we age
Tropical cyclones to cause greater damage
New study shows correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central Europe
Road runoff spurring spotted salamander evolution
A spider web's strength lies in more than its silk
UNH scientists: Sun delivered curveball of powerful radiation at Earth
Bacterial plasmids -- the freeloading and the heavy-lifters -- balance the high price of disease
Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden
JILA scientists confirm first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths
Sleep deprivation tied to increased nighttime urination in preadolescence
Yellow-cedar are dying in Alaska: Scientists now know why
Here is what real commitment to your marriage means
Facebook is not such a good thing for those with low self-esteem
NASA's GCPEx mission: What we don't know about snow
Precision time: A matter of atoms, clocks, and statistics
Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations