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Birds Flying Faster Due to Climate Change
Wind speeds over the Southern Ocean have been increasing over the past three decades and those stronger winds are...
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What Would Wiping Out the Commerce Department Mean for Science?
President Barack Obama’s proposal to eliminate the Commerce Department promises to reignite sharp debates about the best home for...
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Internet Addiction Alters Brain Structure
Researchers in China compared brain scans of young people with “internet addiction disorder” with their peers and found damage...
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Breakthrough Exponentially Expands Data Storage
For years, the limiting factor of increasing computational power has been how much electronic circuitry manufacturers can cram onto...
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Newly Discovered Particle Could Help Cool Earth
Elusive molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere may be helping to cool the planet more efficiently than scientists previously thought,...
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Online Map Shows Biggest Greenhouse Gas Emitters
The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time is making available detailed information on sources of greenhouse gas emissions,...
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Voting in Plain Sight
Of all the domestic policy differences between the Bush and Obama administrations, just about the sharpest and most telling...
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Interactive Tools to Assess the Likelihood of Death
To help prevent overtesting and overtreatment of older patients — or undertreatment for those who remain robust at advanced...
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Scientists Find Genetic Indicator of Longevity
Scientists say the lengths of tiny pieces of DNA called telomeres indicate whether a young creature is likely to...
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Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight
The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the metaphorical doomsday clock is...