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Ice Swirls off the Coast of Greenland … for Now
From Slate’s Bad Astronomy blog: Global warming is real. Temperatures are changing, climate is changing, and most importantly, arctic...
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Data Saved In Quartz Glass Might Last 300 Million Years
Most cultural institutions and research laboratories still rely on magnetic tape to archive their collections. Hitachi recently announced that...
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Atom Smasher Hiatus Sets Stage for More Discovery
The Large Hadron Collider will operate for two more months then shut down through 2014, allowing engineers to lay...
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Flesh-Eating Fies Map Forest Biodiversity
The blowflies and flesh flies that settle on dead animals aren’t just feasting on the carrion — they’re sampling...
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Workers Willing to Make Less to Work for Sustainable Companies
A company’s sustainability efforts are becoming so desirable for employees that some are now willing to give up part...
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Gene Variant Linked to Personality Traits, Longevity
A study by brain researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) recently found that a dopamine-receptor gene variant...
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Kinder Children Are More Popular
Performing deliberate acts of kindness makes pre-teen children more popular with their peers, say scientists. A team led by...
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Double-Star Systems Can Be Dangerous for Exoplanets
Alien planets born in widely separated two-star systems face a grave danger of being booted into interstellar space, a...
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The Value of Creativity and Imagination
SciAm excerpts Maria Konnikova’s “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes“: “It is surprising that people do not believe...
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Building Support for Locally Relevant Climate Tech
Climate Innovation Centers can promote clean technologies but need backing with a coordinated effort