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The market for at least one class of vital drug seems to have gone haywire.

Just a couple of apps dominate the mobile photo-sharing landscape. That's because they either have massive reach (à la Facebook and Flickr), or offer unique, proprietary tools to attract users (à la Instagram, which boasts a dozen or so one-click filters that have helped rocket the startup to 10 million-plus users). But today, Aviary is evening the playing field

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By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine The perennial grass Miscanthus

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Evolutionary biologist Lee Alan Dugatkin has made his career studying the evolution of cooperation, so it makes perfect sense that the subject of his latest book would be an anarchist. [More]

Evolutionary biologist Lee Alan Dugatkin has made his career studying the evolution of cooperation, so it makes perfect sense that the subject of his latest book would be an anarchist. [More]

Editor's Note: The following excerpted from The Prince of Evolution: Peter Kropotkin's Adventures in Science and Politics

By Philip Ball of Narure magazine You could have foreseen the Arab Spring if only you'd been paying enough attention to the news.

Can you build a long-term business on other people's platforms? Illustration by Brian Staufferr The oxpecker is an African bird that ekes out a living from the ticks that live on the backs of rhinoceroses. I imagine even it would be embarrassed by Zynga 's dependency on Facebook.

For men hunting for a partner, testosterone’s a good thing. It boosts competitive behavior, and increases men's attractiveness to women.

For men hunting for a partner, testosterone’s a good thing. It boosts competitive behavior, and increases men's attractiveness to women. But the hormone has its drawbacks

In the far northern reaches of Atlantic Canada, energy companies seek to harness untapped river sites with a hydroelectric project that could replace fossil fuel plants and export power into New England. Utility company Nalcor Energy aims to build two hydroelectric sites along the Lower Churchill River in Labrador, downstream from an existing 5,428-megawatt station -- one of the largest in the world.

In the far northern reaches of Atlantic Canada, energy companies seek to harness untapped river sites with a hydroelectric project that could replace fossil fuel plants and export power into New England. Utility company Nalcor Energy aims to build two hydroelectric sites along the Lower Churchill River in Labrador, downstream from an existing 5,428-megawatt station -- one of the largest in the world. [More]