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Flu Pandemics Linked to Ocean’s Cooling Cycle
By the Editor on January 18, 2012
Flu pandemics have been linked to fluctuations in climate, and new research connects the world’s four most recent pandemics...
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Evolution Defenders to Fight Climate Skeptics
By the Editor on January 17, 2012
A national organization best known for its defense of teaching evolution has added climate change to its agenda in...
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Moroccan Rock Came from Mars
By the Editor on January 17, 2012
A hail of Martian meteorites crashed to Earth last July, and collectors and scientists around the world are snapping...
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Multicellular Life Evolves in Laboratory
By the Editor on January 17, 2012
An evolutionary transition that took several billion years to occur in nature has happened in a laboratory, and it...
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Mobile App to Speed Diagnoses Finds Slow Going
By the Editor on January 17, 2012
CodeHeart, a mobile application to speed diagnosis of heart attacks, has been under development in the Washington DC area...
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Scientists Nominate Their Favorite Deep, Elegant, Beautiful Explanations
By the Editor on January 17, 2012
Scientists’ greatest pleasure comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of...
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Climate Change Skepticism Seeps into Science Classrooms
By the Editor on January 17, 2012
A flash point has emerged in American science education that echoes the battle over evolution, as scientists and educators...
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Krugman: How Fares the Dream?
By the Editor on January 16, 2012
“I have a dream,” declared Martin Luther King, in a speech that has lost none of its power to...
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Volunteers Wanted for Planet Hunt
By the Editor on January 16, 2012
Members of the public are being asked to join the hunt for nearby planets that could support life.Volunteers can...
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Simple Measures Could Reduce Global Warming, Save Lives
By the Editor on January 16, 2012
Simple, inexpensive measures to cut emissions of two common pollutants will slow global warming, save millions of lives and...
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