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Parasites May Get Nastier With Climate Swings
By the Editor on August 13, 2012
Parasites look set to become more virulent because of climate change, according to a study showing that frogs suffer...
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Flag Fen Hosts ‘Crowdsourced’ Bronze Age Archaeology Dig
By the Editor on August 13, 2012
A first-of-its-kind “crowdsourced and crowdfunded” archaeological dig at Cambridgeshire’s Flag Fen has finished. It is the site of a...
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Of Mice and Melodies
By the Editor on August 12, 2012
Singing mice (Scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of the common...
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Why Living in the Moment Is Impossible
By the Editor on August 11, 2012
The sought-after equanimity of “living in the moment” may be impossible, according to neuroscientists who’ve pinpointed a brain area...
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‘Selfish’ DNA Discovered in Animal Mitochondria
By the Editor on August 11, 2012
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered, for the first time in any animal species, a type of “selfish”...
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The Search for Energy Takes a Turn Underwater
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
The fearsome tides that sweep out from the easternmost shores of the United States have for more than 80...
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Neolithic Man: The First lumberjack?
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
During the Neolithic Age (approximately 10000 BCE), early man evolved from hunter-gatherer to farmer and agriculturalist, living in larger,...
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Can We Live Without Free Will?
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
New research has reignited the debate about whether humans truly have free will. But what difference would it make...
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Female Professors Downplay Own Careers
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
Wives in dual-career academic relationships — in which both partners work in academia — are more likely than husbands...
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What Makes a Monster Star?
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
In 2010, observers reported the most massive stars ever seen, exceeding what many astronomers thought was a ceiling around...
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