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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Scientific AmericanThe spacecraft, due in 2020, will have a reverse fuel cell to produce oxygen for fuel—or to breathe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Scientific AmericanAfter serious accidents, a U.S. National Research Council Report urges accountability all the way up to college presidents -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanEuropean Space Agency's comet-chasing mission arrives after 10-year journey -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanScientists know surprisingly little about what is growing in our forests. New techniques for analyzing satellite data are about to change that -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from SPACE.comEurope's Rosetta probe has just beamed back some new, incredible photos of its target, the first since it arrived at its comet earlier today (Aug. 6).
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanIs the theory at the heart of modern cosmology deeply flawed? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanIssue Editor Lee Billings introduces the “Secrets of the Universe” special edition -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanScientists are searching for marine life that will survive the coming spate of ocean acidification -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanGlobal warming has been going on for so long that most people were not even born the last time the Earth was cooler than average in 1985 in a shift that is altering perceptions of a... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanHealth experts are questioning the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan state officials for their decades-long delays in cleanup of a Superfund site that is killing songbirds in yards,... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org: Feature story(Phys.org) —Scientists have many tools for measuring the cosmic structures of the universe, which includes structures such as galaxies, galaxy clusters, and intergalactic gas. Cosmic structures can be observed directly, such as by observ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific American-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanIndonesia's complex rules on land use and the difficulty in prosecuting foreign businesses mean Singapore has its work cut out bringing companies to book under its new cross-border air pollution law.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanIt will take international support and winning the public’s trust to stop the Ebola outbreak in west Africa -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogScientists report they can crank up insect aggression simply by […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanA red rock pinnacle popular with climbers and named for its snakelike shape has been beheaded in the Utah desert, federal land managers said on Tuesday. The Cobra was one of dozens of rock formations... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future NowScience! Real Vegan Cheese works out of the biohacker space Counter Culture Labs located in Oakland, Calif. Real Vegan Cheese A group of Oakland, California-based biohackers believe they can create “real vegan cheese.” Their goal - a che...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanA novel way of measuring a photon’s location allows physicists to measure its momentum too—a feat once thought impossible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogIn some women abnormally high levels of a common and […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogAsthmatic patients may soon have a more effective way to […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News(Phys.org) —How do animals see? It's a question that vexes biologists and fascinates anyone who has watched animals go about their business: what does the world look like through their eyes? In a new video, BBSRC-funded scientists are at...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogHeading for a summer picnic or hike, or just out […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org: Other Sciences News(Phys.org) —A pair of researchers at Lucerne University has created a computer simulation that helps explain how it was that humans evolved from small egalitarian groups to larger societies with control in the hands of the few during the...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogThree massive volcanic eruptions occurred on Jupiter’s moon Io, a […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research finds that marital tension between mom and dad can harm each parent’s bond with their children. Southern Methodist University (SMU) researchers discovered dads, in particular, let conflict adversely impact relationships with...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogAlzheimer’s disease and weight loss may seem like an unrelated […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogFor years, researchers have known that physical pain relievers such […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogResearchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogAbout one in four older adults suffers from chronic pain. […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Science BlogNew material structures bend like microscopic hair MIT engineers have […]
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from LiveScience.comAn astronomer and a graphic artist have teamed up to turn powerful explosions in distant galaxies into spellbinding music and animations. The unique celestial compositions are psychedelic and strangely beautiful.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesTortoises have learned how to use touchscreens as part of a study which aimed to teach the animals navigational techniques.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from LiveScience.comDirector and explorer James Cameron documented his record-setting dive to the deepest point in the ocean in a new film, "Deepsea Challenge 3D," which opens in theaters Aug. 8.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from LiveScience.comDirector and explorer James Cameron became the first person to complete a solo sub dive to the deepest point in the ocean, Challenger Deep. Cameron documented his record-setting voyage in a new film, "Deepsea Challenge 3D."
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Discovery NewsIt marks the first time a spacecraft has been sent into orbit around a comet.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from LiveScience.comThe human remains inside a wooden museum box were originally discovered in 1929 at the Ur site in Iraq. Scientists have dubbed the skeleton "Noah," as the perhaps 50-year-old man likely lived after a massive flood occurred at the site.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Psych Central NewsOhio State researchers believe they have developed and validated a new method to identify which people are narcissistic. And, the beauty is that the tool is only a single question. In a series of 11 experiments involving more than 2,200 ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsA new national survey finds that while young people express strong support for marriage equality, they also believe the push for same-sex marriage has diverted too much attention from other important issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanA new estimate finds that the Milky Way, once thought to be twice as massive as Andromeda, may actually only have half our neighbor galaxy's mass. Christopher Intagliata reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanAt the college level, the evidence is clear: science students learn less when they are expected to listen passively -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Scientific AmericanThe morbillivirus is the prime suspect in the unprecedented and ongoing die-offs, but other culprits are possible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from New Scientist - NewsIncreased city living rather than the virus evolving seems to be behind the unprecedented epidemic, which means it is unlikely to go global (full text available to subscribers)
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Discovery NewsFrom head to tail, price tags have been placed on shark body parts and those of closely related rays, many of which are highly endangered.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories(Phys.org) —A team of UNSW students has broken a 26-year-old world speed record*, potentially establishing their Sunswift car as the fastest electric vehicle over a distance of 500 kilometers, on a single battery charge.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from LiveScience.comA 6,500-year-old skeleton rediscovered in the basement of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia was originally unearthed in 1929-1930 by a team of scientists led by Sir Leonard Woolley at the site of Ur in what is now southern Iraq.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories(Phys.org) —Researchers have found a new way to study chemical reactions that occur deep in the Earth's crust.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories(Phys.org) —NASA's most advanced roving laboratory on Mars celebrates its second anniversary since landing inside the Red Planet's Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (Aug. 6, 2012, EDT).
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Discovery NewsMany potential drug cures remain in the laboratory -- and one treatment won't fit all.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsPeople experiencing homelessness in Sydney and Melbourne have a higher rate of mobile phone ownership than average Australians, new University of Sydney research shows.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Discovery NewsWith the arrival of the Rosetta spacecraft to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, here's a look back at 7 close encounters of 6 comets by 5 spacecraft.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsLONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in South Korea say they have found a way of converting used cigarette butts into a material capable of storing energy that could help power everything from mobile phones to electric cars.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from NYT > ScienceIn its latest spins around the ringed planet, NASA’s Cassini craft has focused on a lesser known but hardly less mysterious feature: a hexagon vortex.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from NYT > ScienceAfter 10 years and a journey of four billion miles, the Rosetta probe arrived at its destination for the first extended, close examination of a comet.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from National Geographic NewsRiders attempt to stay atop half-wild Mongol horses for over 600 miles (1,000 kilometers).
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceHurricanes Iselle and Julio are both expected to weaken into tropical storms before approaching the islands later this week, but residents are being urged to stock up on supplies.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsFRANKFURT (Reuters) - European spacecraft Rosetta became the first ever to catch up with a comet on Wednesday, a landmark stage in a decade-long space mission that scientists hope will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from National Geographic NewsCitizen science surveys help scientists take the pulse of bird populations—but errors creep into the data as volunteers age, according to a new study.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentScientists from the University of Zurich and The Natural History museum have discovered a previously unknown species of dinosaur.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceAnalysis of freelance jobs suggests employers are conservative when it comes to hiring, and dislike candidates who have done a lot of different things.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA European spacecraft arrives at a speeding comet after a 10-year chase.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentRestrictions on the fishing of cod and salmon hoped to rejuvenate declining stocks, but after years of tight fishing quotas from Brussels there has been no boost in the fish population.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from NYT > ScienceIn Washington State, where scientists say a rise in carbon levels is killing shellfish, Gov. Jay Inslee is working to pass climate change policies, aided by a billionaire friend.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentWill the Rosetta mission finally end our fear of comets?
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading at a frightening rate. To find out why this outbreak has been so deadly and what may lie ahead, we spoke with science writer David Quammen.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceMelissa Block talks to Abe Davis, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Davis helped author a paper on a visual system to detect sound.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe European Rosetta mission arrives at its target comet Wednesday morning. In the coming months, its lander unit will harpoon the space rock.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA futurist says it is "possible" the Chinese could start mining for fuel on the moon.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from National Geographic NewsThe Sacred Heart Church in McAllen, Texas, has aided more than 5,000 migrants this summer.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA Japanese scientist involved in a scandal over discredited stem cell research has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceNations need borders for security, for revenue, for defense, for identity. But for fun? Introducing borders that giggle.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceBefore hibernating, grizzly bears get fat fast — but they don't get metabolic problems like diabetes. Understanding how fat bears stay healthy could lead to better treatments for humans.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - Scientists say a man-made "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is as big as the state of Connecticut.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe most effective drug we have against malaria is losing its potency in Southeast Asia. Doctors can still cure most forms of the disease, but it takes longer and more medications.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NYT > ScienceYoshiki Sasai was a co-author of a study published this year that claimed an acid bath could turn cells into stem cells, used in medical treatments.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsKROONSTAD South Africa (Reuters) - A South African village has become the first in the world to be powered by fuel cells, companies behind the project said on Tuesday, in a new scheme which could help remote areas of the continent access...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentRosetta's visit to comet 67P breaks new ground, but we have seen five others from close range in the past
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe European Space Agency craft is to sync up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday, and is to place a lander on the comet in November
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from National Geographic NewsUndeterred by an avalanche that killed 16 Nepali mountaineers, Wang Jing climbed the summit anyway. She helicoptered over the Khumbu Icefall and landed in a storm of criticism. In an exclusive interview she tells a story of a remarkable,...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from National Geographic NewsMars was habitable billions of years ago—so did the red planet seed life on Earth?
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Aug 5 (Reuters) - A Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket thundered off its coastal launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday to put a commercial communications satellite into orbit.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsTOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese researcher at the center of discredited research that was initially hailed as a potential breakthrough for stem-cell treatment, killed himself after months of stress and exhaustion, officials said on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentPolice receive calls about a wallaby in Kingsclere, but the RSPCA says there is no cause for alarm.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from National Geographic NewsNASA scientists train remote sensing on Yosemite to gauge water, using spectrometry and LIDAR through the Airborne Snow Observatory.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsLONDON (Reuters) - British satellite company Inmarsat said the global implementation of its new communications network would be delayed by as much as six months as its Russian launch provider Proton recovers from a failure.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NYT > ScienceStudies undercut the decade-old discovery of a skeleton thought to be a previously unknown extinct species of humans, with one suggesting that Down syndrome was a factor in its size.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentHorses look to the ears to work out what another animal is thinking, according to a study.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NYT > ScienceSierra Leone, the nation with the most cases of the disease, has banned many public gatherings and set strict quarantine rules, but health officials are deeply worried by loose enforcement efforts.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NYT > SciencePollution concerns persist about tides of phosphorus in the Great Lakes and in waterways across the United States.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from NYT > ScienceIn the latest episode, a man who was recently in West Africa is being tested after visiting an emergency room with signs of the disease.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentProf Sir Alec Jeffreys, who invented genetic fingerprinting in 1984, receives the world's oldest science prize, the Royal Society's Copley Medal.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentClimatic change was a "key driver" behind forest disturbance increase in the 20th Century but uncertainty still surrounds the future, a study suggests.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from NYT > ScienceSeeking to head off a fight that could threaten vulnerable Colorado Democrats, Gov. John W. Hickenlooper said he had reached a deal to keep two antifracking measures off the ballot.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsSAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Privately owned SpaceX will submit an application to build a commercial launch facility near the Texas border city of Brownsville after winning approval for the plan from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, ...
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe European Space Agency's Rosetta Mission has taken the long way to reach Comet 67/P. Later this week, it will finally arrive.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from NYT > ScienceLetters to the editor and online comments.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have spent four decades tracking finches on the cone of an extinct volcano and augmenting our understanding of evolution.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from NYT > ScienceOn its first visit to the inner solar system, Comet Siding Spring will pass within 82,000 miles of the planet, offering a first-time view of so close an encounter.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from National Geographic NewsWarmer waters and increased use of fertilizers are triggering more algae blooms around the world.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentScientists find an equation which predicts momentary happiness, when participants performed better than expected during a task.
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Monday, August 4, 2014 from NYT > ScienceResearchers have found signs of increasing resistance in Southeast Asia to artemisinin, a crucial drug that has help save millions of lives.
