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Genetic Control of Embryo Development Modeled
By the Editor on August 31, 2012
As an animal develops from an embryo, its cells take diverse paths, eventually forming different body parts — muscles,...
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Web War Erupts Over What Children Should Be Taught
By the Editor on August 31, 2012
A Christian geneticist has posted an online rebuttal to Bill Nye the Science Guy, who says in a web...
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NASA’s WISE Survey Uncovers Millions Of Black Holes
By the Editor on August 31, 2012
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme...
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Calorie Restriction Falters in the Long Run
By the Editor on August 31, 2012
To those who enjoy the pleasures of the dining table, the news may come as a relief: drastically cutting...
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Beneath Antarctic Ice, a Potent Greenhouse Gas?
By the Editor on August 31, 2012
Large volumes of the greenhouse gas methane could have been produced under the Antarctic Ice Sheet over millions of...
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Dinosaur Made Meals of Early Birds
By the Editor on August 30, 2012
Fossil evidence suggests a feathered but flightless dinosaur was able to snag and consume smaller flying dinosaurs, Canadian paleontologists...
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DNA Offers Sharp Image of Ancient Humans
By the Editor on August 30, 2012
Scientists have produced a digital image of a genome tens of thousands of years old with the resolution of...
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Stone Age Figurines Found Near Jerusalem
By the Editor on August 30, 2012
Two Stone Age statuettes, one depicting a ram and the other a wild bovine, have emerged from the highway...
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Building Blocks of Life Found Around Young Star
By the Editor on August 29, 2012
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding...
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Space-Warping White Dwarfs Produce Gravitational Waves
By the Editor on August 29, 2012
Scientists first detected ripples in the fabric of space-time by using radio signals, but now a team of astronomers...
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