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The cockroach
Eating organic? Roaches disdain key “junk-food” sweetener Video courtesy of Ayako Wada-Katsumata Even with fine doilies and silverware, “glucose-averse” roaches shun jelly. Their normal (“wild-type”)...
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Cancer genetics: Angelina Jolie’s decision
A life-saving surgery raises profile of cancer genes Photo, fair use: Copyright held by the film company or the artist. Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The movie was a smash-hit adaptation...
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Comet explores sun!
Lovejoy no killjoy: Comet cracks corona question! ENLARGE Modified from original graphic by Cooper Downs When Comet Lovejoy streaked past the sun, its tail formed a series of rapid squiggles as it was...
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3-D printing: Wave of the future
Saved by the printer! If you’ve been wondering about 3-D printing, it’s probably for the same reason we are. On May 17, we learned that surgeons had placed a life-saving support — built on a 3-D...
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Giving the ultimate gift
Finally, a function for Facebook? Photo: Melinda Shelton Liver-transplant recipients gathered at the annual Alabama Organ Center Celebration of Life Picnic, which brought together doctors, nurses and...
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Mining data
Data mining: key to surveillance – and modern science… Video: NASA Big ocean = big data: about a dozen observing systems supplied the data needed to make this never-before visualization of ocean...
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Poaching problem
Chasing poachers, with a little help from the unfriendly atom Between 1945 to 1980, testing atomic bombs in the atmosphere was a dangerous experiment in spreading carcinogens literally to the four...
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Wildlands afire
Wildfire goes wild in Arizona Courtesy: U.S. Forest Service photo A lightning strike ignited the Yarnell (Arizona) Fire on Jun. 28, 2013. On June 30, 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a...
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Love life of the firefly
Blinky, blinky in love! Why do fireflies flash? “All the better to mate with, my dear,” is the standard response. Males flash to attract females, and mating begins when the flash carries the right...
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Racial profiling
Racial profiling, implicit bias, and the Martin-Zimmerman case Photo: Werth Media A rally at the Criminal Justice Building in Sanford, Fla, on March 19, 2012. The acquittal of George Zimmerman on July...
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Social network, Indian edition
ENLARGE Photo: McKay Savage Members of a rural Indian self-help group can access microfinance loans, hold their own savings and start businesses. According to the photographer, “Their newfound...
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Bugs for dinner!
UN recommends eating more bugs! ENLARGE Photo: moomoobloo A tourist who tasted insects in Thailand said, “They were crunchy and salty and seasoned with soy sauce. They tasted kind of like potato...
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Sweet and sour!
ENLARGE Photo: Phil King Get your minimum daily requirement of extra sugar in one delicious “meal”! In a study designed to give a more realistic measurement of the health effects of food, University...
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Arctic warming: Greenhouse gas nightmare?
ENLARGE Photo: K. W. Anthony, NASA A researcher watches burning methane. He lit the fire, but bacteria below the lake made the methane as they decomposed organic matter. Could large releases of Arctic...
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Poverty on the mind: Bad decisions ahead?
Poverty on the mind: Bad decisions ahead? What explains the woeful underperformance of poor people in terms of showing up for appointments, taking meds on schedule or advancing in school? It’s easy to...
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Weather: [More data + more computers = better forecasts]
Weather: [More data + more computers = better forecasts] Been beefing about weather forecasts? Did the “experts” miss a thunderstorm, botch the rainfall prediction, mistake cloudy for sunny or windy...
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Got gears? Let’s leap, says the leafhopper!
ENLARGE Image courtesy of Malcolm Burrows The nymph stage of the high-jumping leafhopper Issus coleoptratus. Synchromesh, leafhopper style Gears, one of the six simple machines, fasten hinges to the...
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Dangerous viruses: New weapons against new foes
Dangerous viruses: New weapons against new foes New York Times Oct. 7, 2013. Bombing near polio vaccine site in Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least two police officers were killed and a dozen people...
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Old and distant galaxy
ENLARGE Image: V. Tilvi (Texas A&M), S. Finkelstein (UT Austin), the CANDELS team, and HST/NASA In this “deep” Hubble Space Telescope image taken in the northern sky, nearly every object is a...
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Happy Halloween!
September 30, 2012, Jeff KrauseHalloween antics in Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. Today, we celebrate the hall of horrors, the day of the dead, the salute to skeletons, the...
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