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16 April 2012
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Drugged Honeybees Do the Time Warp
General anesthesia disrupts the insect's circadian rhythm
16 April 2012
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Unhappiness Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Facial expressions not universal, as scientists once thought
13 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Counting Penguins From Space
A new census doubles the number of emperor penguins
13 April 2012
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Podcast: Big Brains, Land Bridges, and the 'Cocktail Party Problem'
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
13 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Hubble Spots Auroras on Uranus
Atmospheric glows are small, short-lived, and faint
12 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Bright Roofs, Cool World
Boosting reflectivity of urban areas could decrease global average temperature
12 April 2012
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Dangers of Chinese Medicine Brought to Light by DNA Studies
Sequencing pinpoints origins and helps reveal unknown ingredients
12 April 2012
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Physicists Discover New Type of Particle--Sort Of
Researchers have spotted telltale signs of Majorana fermions
12 April 2012
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Monkey See, Monkey Do. Monkey Read?
Baboons are capable of distinguishing English words from nonsense
12 April 2012
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ScienceShot: For Chimps, the Majority Rules
Apes mimic the behaviors of the masses
12 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Locust Legs Show Super Strength
Stress tests find insect skeletal material is tougher than bone
11 April 2012
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Physicists Create First Long-Distance Quantum Link
Weird atom-to-atom connection could serve as basis for truly quantum network for carrying encoded messages
11 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Stardust in the Wind
Astronomers see how aging stars cast planet-forming dust grains into space
11 April 2012
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Live Chat: The Science of Decision-Making
Talk with experts about the latest research into groupthink
11 April 2012
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Silly Putty for Potholes
Team of college students tries to solve a city's street problems with non-Newtonian fluids
10 April 2012
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Teamwork Builds Big Brains
Evolution simulation suggests we have cooperation to thank for our oversized brains
9 April 2012
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Land Bridge Caused Wild Temperature Swings
Strip of earth connecting Asia and North America disrupted ocean circulation
9 April 2012
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Of Robots and Cocktails
Humanoid machine helps researchers understand how we home in on conversations
9 April 2012
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Fishing for Fluid Dynamics
Movement of fishermen's nets helps untangle water flow patterns in an Italian lake
9 April 2012
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Podcast: Facebook 'Contagion,' a Bacteria-Killing Flashlight, and the Peril of Personal Genomes
An audio roundup of some of our favorite stories of this week
5 April 2012
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Video: Huge Dust Devil Prowling Mars
Swirling funnel of dust caught spinning up to an altitude of 20 kilometers
5 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Water Floats on Oil
Researchers reverse common wisdom in lab experiment
4 April 2012
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Plasma Flashlight Zaps Bacteria
Killing microorganisms could be as simple as flipping a switch
4 April 2012
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Did Melting Antarctic Permafrost Drive Ancient Global Warming?
An ice-free Antarctica may have supplied the greenhouse gases to heat the world
4 April 2012
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Programmable Nanoparticles Improve Chemotherapy's Aim
Formulation appears safe and effective in an early human trial
4 April 2012
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Greenhouse Gas Is No Weakling
New record of ancient climate pegs carbon dioxide as potent global warmer
4 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Can Haze Turn the Climate Tide?
Air pollution, not natural forces, may be the North Atlantic's climate pacemaker
4 April 2012
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Researchers Unearth Largest Feathered Dinosaur
1.4-metric-ton creature was early cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex
4 April 2012
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How Evolution Copies Itself
Stickleback fish reveals how the same traits evolve in different species
4 April 2012
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Live Chat: Science and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Talk to experts about whether new research will persuade nations to ban testing
3 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Flashed by a Duck
Unique structures give mallards their wide variety of hues
3 April 2012
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Outbreak, the Game
Imaginary disease teaches students the complexity of epidemiology
3 April 2012
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New Drug Shows Promise for Advanced Lymphoma
Four of 10 patients respond to treatment that blocks novel cell pathway
2 April 2012
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Quest for Fire Began Earlier Than Thought
New study indicates humans tamed the flame at least 1 million years ago
2 April 2012
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How Facebook 'Contagion' Spreads
Study finds surprising incentive for people to join the social-networking site
2 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Why Old Paper Turns Yellow
Scientists identify molecular basis of aging effect
2 April 2012
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A Reality Check for Personal Genomes
Having one's genome sequenced won't be very useful for most people, new study concludes
1 April 2012
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Ice Age Ankle Biters
Researchers unearth fossils of saber-toothed lemmings
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