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      <title>Electrical Engineer to Head Massachusetts Institute of Technology</title>
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      <description>New president assumes his post 2 July</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:35:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>New president assumes his post 2 July </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Jane J. Lee</media:credit>
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      <title>House Panel Gives Controversial Biodefense Lab a Boost</title>
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      <description>Spending bill would also restore homeland security research funds</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:02:26 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Chile's Supreme Court Blocks Dam Project</title>
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      <description>Ruling could require stricter reviews of major projects</description>
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      <title>Paralyzed Patients Control Robotic Arm With Their Minds</title>
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      <description>Implanted device enables humans to reach and grab with thoughts alone</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:10:27 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Implanted device enables humans to reach and grab with thoughts alone </media:description>
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      <media:category>Neuroscience</media:category> 
      
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      <title>Afghanistan, Like Football, May Be Bad for the Brain</title>
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      <description>Neurodegeneration seen previously in athletes now reported in military veterans</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Neurodegeneration seen previously in athletes now reported in military veterans </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Greg Miller</media:credit>
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      <title>ScienceShot: Suns Spew Superflares</title>
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      <description>Kepler spacecraft finds hundreds of massive solar outbursts from stars like our own</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Kepler spacecraft finds hundreds of massive solar outbursts from stars like our own </media:description>
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      <title>Live Chat: Why Do We Fight? </title>
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      <description>Talk to experts about the roots of prejudice and warfare</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:43:02 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Talk to experts about the roots of prejudice and warfare </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Elizabeth Culotta</media:credit>
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      <title>ScienceShot: Horses Know Their Neigh-Bors</title>
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      <description>Steeds can recognize people by their voices alone</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Steeds can recognize people by their voices alone </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Daniel Strain</media:credit>
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      <title>ScienceShot: Jurassic Arthritis Was a Jawbreaker</title>
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      <description>Fossil of an ocean-dwelling pliosaur reveals degenerative joint condition</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Fossil of an ocean-dwelling pliosaur reveals degenerative joint condition </media:description>
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      <media:category>Paleontology</media:category> 
      
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      <title>New Global Research Council Takes Off</title>
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      <description>Funders from nearly 50 nations release statement on merit review</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:53:58 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Funders from nearly 50 nations release statement on merit review </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">David Malakoff</media:credit>
      <media:category>Science Community</media:category> 
      
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      <title>Floundering? Hardly. U.S. Fisheries Continue to Improve</title>
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      <description>NOAA's annual report shows a record number of rebuilt stocks</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:59:39 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>NOAA's annual report shows a record number of rebuilt stocks </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Erik Stokstad</media:credit>
      <media:category>Ecology</media:category> 
      
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      <title>Electronics Go Viral</title>
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      <description>Researchers create electrical generator out of viruses</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:32:44 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Researchers create electrical generator out of viruses </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Robert F. Service</media:credit>
      <media:category>Virology</media:category> 
      
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      <title>Engravings of Female Genitalia May Be World's Oldest Cave Art</title>
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      <description>Images found on ceiling of collapsed shelter may predate those of France's famed Chauvet Cave</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Images found on ceiling of collapsed shelter may predate those of France's famed Chauvet Cave </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Michael Balter</media:credit>
      <media:category>Anthropology</media:category> 
      
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      <title>Keeping Greenhouse Emitters Honest</title>
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      <description>New technique can track changes in a city's carbon dioxide emissions, ensuring compliance with climate change treaties</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>New technique can track changes in a city's carbon dioxide emissions, ensuring compliance with climate change treaties </media:description>
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      <title>A Global Standard for Peer Review</title>
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      <description>NSF hosts meeting of new council to tackle research issues facing all nations</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:22:02 -0500</pubDate>
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      <media:credit role="author">Jeffrey Mervis</media:credit>
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      <title>What Do You Think of the New Science Standards?</title>
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      <description>Proposed voluntary standards for all U.S. students is out for comment</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:55:28 -0500</pubDate>
      <media:description>Proposed voluntary standards for all U.S. students is out for comment </media:description>
      <media:credit role="author">Jeffrey Mervis</media:credit>
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      <title>ScienceShot: Has the Internet Turned Us Into Jerks?</title>
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      <description>Despite online anonymity, most users are still civil</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:24:39 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Podcast: Yawning Dogs, Stone-Throwing Chimps, and More   </title>
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      <description>Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Good Things Come in Threes for Michigan Faculty</title>
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      <description>New program offers seed money to encourage interdisciplinary research</description>
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      <media:description>New program offers seed money to encourage interdisciplinary research </media:description>
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      <title>European Parliament Rebukes Three Regulatory Agencies</title>
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      <description>Lawmakers delay approving past expenditures</description>
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