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Feed SubscriptionSquid Studies: Correction, Connections and Calamar
Editor's Note: William Gilly , a professor of biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, embarked on new expedition this month to study jumbo squid in the Gulf of California on the National Science Foundation–funded research vessel New Horizon. This is his fourth blog post about the trip. [More]
Read More »Lindau Nobel Meeting–Beef Bug to Blame for Bowel Cancer?
Even if you adore red meat, you'll put off your big juicy steak by hearing what
Read More »Legacy of Mental Health Problems from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Will Be Long-Lived
As Operation Enduring Freedom, the war on terror in Afghanistan, winds down and some 33,000 U.S.
Read More »How the Hippies Saved Physics [Excerpt]
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the new book HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser. Copyright (c) 2011 by David Kaiser.
Read More »Canada Makes Big Bet on Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Royal Dutch Shell PLC inked a deal Friday with the Canadian government to develop technology to control oil emissions. The province of Alberta announced it would provide C$745 million to test carbon capture and sequestration technology on Shell's Scotford Upgrader, which is similar to a refinery for processing heavy oil.
Read More »Peeper Show: Evolution’s Eyes [Slide Show]
Creationists have long contended that the vertebrate eye is too complex to be a product of evolution. [More]
Read More »Wildfire triggers evacuation for Los Alamos lab
By Zelie Pollon SANTA FE, N.M., June 26 (Reuters) - Voluntary evacuations [More]
Read More »Bill Gates Urges Young Scientists to Consider the ‘Needs of the Poorest’
LINDAU, Germany--Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates thrilled a crowd of 566 young researchers from 77 countries gathered here June 26 for opening ceremony of the 61st Meeting of Nobel Laureates, and he wasted no time in telling them what to do.
Read More »Levees hold as Souris River crests at historic high
By Geoff Davidian MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - The Souris River crested to historic heights in North Dakota's fourth largest city of Minot early on Sunday, but emergency levees held providing respite to officials battling to keep areas dry.
Read More »Pacific Plankton Crosses to Atlantic…Thanks to Arctic Meltdown
Neodenticula seminae, a microscopic strand of photosynthesizing plankton, is common in much of the northern Pacific Ocean. [More]
Read More »Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation impact
By Antoni Slodkowski FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Angry parents of children in Japan's Fukushima city marched along with hundreds of people on Sunday to demand protection for their children from radiation more than three months after a massive quake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.
Read More »Let’s Make A Probabilistic Deal: A Fresh Look At The Monty Hall Problem
Scientific American math and physics editor Davide Castelvecchi revisits the Monty Hall problem so you can know whether you're better off holding on to your original pick or switching when new information presents itself. [More]
Read More »Worldwide Diabetes More than Doubled Since 1980
Diabetes incidence has been climbing precipitously in the developed world along with rises in obesity rates and dietary and other lifestyle changes. But a massive new study finds that the rest of the global population has not been immune to these changes.
Read More »Is Karzai’s Accusation That Coalition Forces Are Polluting Afghanistan with Nuclear Material Accurate or an Over-Reaction?
President Obama has called for the withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the next year and the remaining 68,000 by the end of 2014, but questions linger regarding what the troops are leaving behind after more than nine years of combat. In particular, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has accused U.S.
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