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Rainforest in Transition: Is the Amazon Transforming before Our Eyes?
The Amazon rainforest is in flux, thanks to agricultural expansion and climate change. In other words, humans have “become...
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Tyler Cowen’s TED Talk: Be Suspicious of Stories
Like all of us, economist Tyler Cowen loves a good story. But in this intriguing talk from TEDxMidAtlantic, he...
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The Push for Federal GMO Labeling
The man behind the popular 2008 documentary Food, Inc. is out with a new project aimed at getting the...
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How Smarter Data Can Save U.S. Education
One reason No Child Left Behind is all but a failed initiative, is that one of its main metrics,...
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Education, Religion … Evolution?
The evidence is clear, as in a February 2009 Gallup Poll, taken on the eve of the 200th anniversary...
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Flu Pandemics Linked to Ocean’s Cooling Cycle
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
A national organization best known for its defense of teaching evolution has added climate change to its agenda in...
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Mobile App to Speed Diagnoses Finds Slow Going
CodeHeart, a mobile application to speed diagnosis of heart attacks, has been under development in the Washington DC area...
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Climate Change Skepticism Seeps into Science Classrooms
A flash point has emerged in American science education that echoes the battle over evolution, as scientists and educators...
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Simple Measures Could Reduce Global Warming, Save Lives
Simple, inexpensive measures to cut emissions of two common pollutants will slow global warming, save millions of lives and...
