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17 May 2013
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When Did Humans Begin Hurling Spears?
New hunting technique allowed killing at a safe distance
17 May 2013
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17 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Fungi Provide an Early Warning System for Plants
Fungus alerts plants to aphid attack
16 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Easy Hiking, and Biking, on Titan
First global topographic map of Saturn's big moon shows a subdued landscape
16 May 2013
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Podcast: Apes, Monkeys, Kiwis, and Tigers. Oh My!
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16 May 2013
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ScienceShot: A Future Baby's Revealing First Photos
Technique could improve success rates of IVF
16 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Chalk + Glass = Beauty
Scientists discover simple set of design rules for creating complex shapes
16 May 2013
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Trouble With Math? Maybe You Should Get Your Brain Zapped
Study shows that electrical brain stimulation speeds mathematical learning
16 May 2013
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Atlantic Coast Warping Like a 'Magic Carpet'
Discovery may change how geologists reconstruct past climate
16 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Invasive Ladybug Carries Fatal Parasite
Infectious fungus key to beetle’s success
15 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Stinky Feet Smell Sweet to Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes
Insects three times more likely to be drawn to the human odor than their uninfected counterparts
15 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Zipping Around Uranus and Neptune
The two giant worlds have only shallow winds
15 May 2013
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Study of Controversial Dam Reveals Hidden Dependence on Rainforest
Deforestation in Amazon reduces electricity from hydropower dams by up to 40%
15 May 2013
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Fossils May Pinpoint Critical Split Between Apes and Monkeys
Key evolutionary event eventually gave rise to human beings
15 May 2013
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Rising Numbers May Not Be Enough to Save Tigers and Kiwis
Loss of genetic diversity may doom some of the cats and birds
15 May 2013
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Live Chat: Honey Bees in Trouble (Video)
Talk to experts in a Google Hangout about what's being done to save these important insects
14 May 2013
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ScienceShot: The Inner Lives of Caterpillars
Scientists use high-resolution scanning technique to peer inside developing butterfly
14 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Grizzlies Lose Important Food Source in Yellowstone
Wolves no longer seen as sole killer of elk
14 May 2013
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ScienceShot: The Big Unknown in Sea-Level Rise
Research consortium finally pegs impact of melting ice sheets
13 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Diarrhea Deaths Decoded
Four microbes are responsible for most cases of childhood diarrhea in the developing world
13 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Earliest Ear Bones Sound Off on Human Hearing
Two-million-year-old fossils from human relatives reveal insights to language development
12 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Carnivorous Plant Ejects Junk DNA
Humped bladderwort's genome is only 3% non-gene, the inverse of humans
10 May 2013
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Top Stories: Debunking Aliens, Old Hearts Made Young, and Attempts to Kill an NSF Bill
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10 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Big Brains May Help Baby Seals Survive Under Ice
Weddell seal pups have larger relative brain at birth than any other mammal
9 May 2013
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Lord Kelvin Wipes Out on Speed Boat Wakes?
Classic analysis of wedge-like plumes not the whole story, two physicists argue
9 May 2013
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Podcast: Mean Spiders, the Origins of Language, and a Bizarre, 6-Inch Human
An audio roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
9 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Rocky Planets in the Nearest Star Cluster?
Two stars in the Hyades may have silicate-rich worlds
9 May 2013
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To Stop Malaria, Infect the Mosquitoes
Bacteria may prevent the insects from transmitting the disease to humans
9 May 2013
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ScienceShot: The Life Cycle of a Bubble
Model splits the life of a foam into three phases
9 May 2013
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Nineteenth Century Technique Turns Old Mouse Hearts Young
Pumping young blood into old mice erases years of age-related heart disease
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