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Massachusetts Butterflies Move North as Climate Warms
By the Editor on August 20, 2012
The authors of a Harvard study published in Nature Climate Change gathered their data from an unlikely source—the trip...
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Future of Data: Encoded in DNA
By the Editor on August 20, 2012
In the latest effort to contend with exploding quantities of digital data, researchers encoded an entire book into the...
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Arctic Ice Melt Ups Fears, Opens New Shipping Lanes
By the Editor on August 20, 2012
The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover is shrinking at a record pace this year after higher-than-average temperatures hastened the annual...
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New Family of Spiders, With Claws, Found in Oregon Cave
By the Editor on August 20, 2012
Amateur cave explorers have found a new family of spiders in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon, and scientists...
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New Science of Religion Says God Has Gotten a Bad Rap
By the Editor on August 18, 2012
The implication that religion is basically malevolent is a standard assertion of the New Atheists. Their argument isn’t just...
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DARPA: Color-Changing Robots Could Be Used Behind Enemy Lines
By the Editor on August 18, 2012
DARPA has released information about a new, chameleon-like soft robot that has a range of capabilities and can be...
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Underwater Noise Decreases Whale Communications in Stellwagen Banks
By the Editor on August 18, 2012
According to a NOAA-led paper published in the journal Conservation Biology, high levels of background noise, mainly due to...
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Star Clusters on a Collision Course  
By the Editor on August 18, 2012
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently observed two clusters full of massive stars that appear to be in the early...
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How “Policy By Panic” Can Backfire for Environmentalists
By the Editor on August 18, 2012
When well-meaning campaigners want us to pay attention to global warming, they often end up pitching beyond the facts....
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Temperature Rise Slows Economy in Poor Countries
By the Editor on August 17, 2012
Small increases in temperature may have reduced the industrial and agricultural production of poor countries, according to a study...
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