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Mammals May Possess Ability to Pause Embryonic Development
By the Editor on March 19, 2012
Mammals may possess the ability to pause embryonic development before implantation, according to a new study in PLoS ONE....
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The Rise of the ‘Narciss-Ome’
By the Editor on March 19, 2012
The future of personalized genomic medicine can be glimpsed in a paper that reports the integration of lead author...
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Galactic Recycling May Explain Star-Formation Mystery
By the Editor on March 19, 2012
Galaxies don’t seem to have enough matter inside them to keep forming new stars at the rates that they...
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Navigating the Anthropocene: A Call For Stronger Global Climate Governance
By the Editor on March 19, 2012
Stronger global governance is needed to mitigate human impact on the earth’s climate and to ensure sustainable development, according...
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Can High-Power Ultrasound Protect Produce From Pathogens?
By the Editor on March 19, 2012
A litany of food scares--and rules for organic produce--have pushed the industry to seek new solutions for food safety.
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Early Earth Had Periodic Organic Haze
By the Editor on March 19, 2012
The early Earth flipped back and forth between a hydrocarbon-free atmosphere and a hydrocarbon-rich one similar to that of...
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Awakening, Counter-Awakening, and the End of Church
By the Editor on March 17, 2012
The United States is currently in the throes of a spiritual awakening, says Diana Butler Bass. In her new...
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Hubble Hunts Down Spacetime-Bending Galaxies
By the Editor on March 17, 2012
The Hubble Space Telescope is taking advantage of a naturally occurring lens in space to extend its range even...
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Not So Fast: Second Experiment Refutes Superluminal Particles
By the Editor on March 16, 2012
Anyone who bet against Einstein better get out their wallet. That’s because those supposedly faster-than-light particles that shook up...
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Countdown to the Man-Made Apocalypse
By the Editor on March 16, 2012
Created in 1947, the doomsday clock graphically reflects how close humanity might be to human-induced apocalypse, in terms of...
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