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By Kelli Dugan MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Auburn University researchers said oil mats submerged in the seabed more than a year after the biggest oil spill in U.S. history pose long-term threats to coastal ecosystems across the northern Gulf of Mexico. [More]
Read More »U.S. Farmers on Southern Plains Brace for Multi-Year Drought
David Cleavinger distinctly remembers looking out to his cornfields on a recent 111-degree summer day in Wildorado, Texas. Winds were whipping the stalks at 40 mph, and despite the puddles of water settling in the irrigated corn rows, he knew his crop would barely stand a chance this season. [More]
Read More »More Than Child’s Play: Ability to Think Scientifically Declines as Kids Grow Up
If your brownies came out too crispy on top but undercooked in the center, it would make sense to bake the next batch at a lower temperature, for more time or in a different pan--but not to make all three changes at once.
Read More »Learning to understand non-genius autistic people
When I unwrapped my New York Times on Sunday, I was met with a surprise: A front-page, above-the-fold story about a young adult with autism. [More]
Read More »Trees and Power Lines Caused Major Texas Fire
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Trees falling on power lines caused a massive, record-breaking wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,600 homes in Central Texas, the Texas Forest Service reported on Tuesday. [More]
Read More »Many Failed to Heed Joplin Tornado Warnings, Report Says
By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The deadly May 22 tornado in Joplin, Missouri caught many residents unprepared, partly because warnings issued that day were met with complacency and confusion, a federal report said on Tuesday. [More]
Read More »Eternal Vigilance Fingers The Flu
Flu season is just around the corner in the northern hemisphere. But for birds and pigs, it's flu season year round.
Read More »10 Scientists Among 2011 MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" Winners
Twenty-two individuals will soon be a half-million dollars richer, having won this year’s so-called genius grants. [More]
Read More »Foldit Gamers Solve Riddle of HIV Enzyme within 3 Weeks
When video gamers armed with the world's most powerful supercomputers take on science and its most vexing riddles, who wins?
Read More »Underwater Fissure Provides Window onto Ocean Acidification
Undersea vents are providing researchers with a possible view of the future as seawater becomes more acidic due to carbon dioxide emissions. [More]
Read More »Scientists Worry over ‘Bizarre’ Trial on Earthquake Prediction
Six Italian scientists and one government official are set to go to trial today in Italy (Sept. 20) on charges of manslaughter for not warning the public aggressively enough of an impending earthquake that killed more than 300 people in 2009. While such a trial is unlikely on U.S.
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Help researchers study the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster by taking and submitting radiation readings [More]
Read More »Carbon Nanotubes Impale Compulsive Cells
Asbestos increases the risk for certain cancers. The fibers are thought to do so by skewering cells, setting off chemical reactions that lead to inflammation, DNA damage and cell death.
Read More »Sex roles and seeing the world in black and white
categorical decisions. Jurors look at testimony and judge whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty. Police officers take aim at suspects and have to determine whether they see a gun in the suspect’s hand, or something that just resembles a gun.
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