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  How to Fix the Obesity Crisis

  Although science has revealed a lot about metabolic processes that influence our weight, the key to success may lie elsewhere

  David H. Freedman   | February 1, 2011  | 64

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  How Language Shapes Thought

  The languages we speak affect our perceptions of the world

  Lera Boroditsky   | February 1, 2011  | 51

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  A Friend to Aliens: Are Invasive Species Really a Big Threat?

  Buckthorn, garlic mustard and many other invasive species do not pose as big a threat as some scientists think, says ecologist Mark Davis

  Brendan Borrell   | February 1, 2011  | 12

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  X-Ray Vision: NASA's NuSTAR Telescope

  Thanks to amazing nested mirrors, NASA's NuSTAR telescope is set to reveal hidden phenomena in the cosmos

  Fiona Harrison and Charles J. Hailey   | February 1, 2011  | 3

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  The Inner Life of the Genome

  The way our genes are arrayed and move in the 3-D space of the cell nucleus turns out to profoundly influence how they function, in both health and disease

  Tom Misteli   | February 1, 2011  | 2

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  Mind Out of Body: Controlling Machines with Thought

  In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, a pioneering neuroscientist argues that brain-wave control of machines will allow the paralyzed to walk, and portends a future of mind melds and thought downloads

  Miguel A. L. Nicolelis   | February 1, 2011  | 7

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  The Blue Food Revolution: Making Aquaculture a Sustainable Food Source

  New fish farms out at sea, and cleaner operations along the shore, could provide the world with a rich supply of much needed protein

  Sarah Simpson   | February 1, 2011  | 9

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  Citizen Satellites: Sending Experiments into Orbit Affordably

  Tiny, standardized spacecraft are making orbital experiments affordable to even the smallest research groups

  Alex Soojung-Kim Pang and Bob Twiggs   | February 1, 2011  | 4

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  Jefferson's Moose and the Case against American Degeneracy

  Thomas Jefferson waged a second revolution, fighting the image created by European naturalists of a degenerate America

  Lee Dugatkin   | February 1, 2011  | 2