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Dawn to Rise over Asteroid Vesta

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First things first: so what are protists anyway?

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Hello everyone, and welcome again to The Ocelloid! The intro post before was a little too formal and impersonal, I think, at least for my usual style anyway. [More]

Summer Reading

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I am one of those people that’s usually “reading” a lot of books at once. [More]

Will the Weather Add to "Carmageddon" Headaches in Los Angeles?

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At least the weather outside will keep its cool in "camageddon" this weekend. However, the weather inside thousands of vehicles may get hostile. What Is Carmageddon?

BP promises safer drilling, without admitting flaws

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* BP says to more closely monitor contractors * Declines to say if tightening internal procedures [More]

Trawls and Trash Represent One-Two Punch for Threatened Turtles [Slide Show]

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Nearly 200 Kemp's ridley ( Lepidochelys kempii ), green ( Chelonia mydas ) and loggerhead ( Caretta caretta ) sea turtles washed up along the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts in April, the most deaths in one month since record keeping began in 1986. And 100 green sea turtles were found dead on the coast of Uruguay in the first three months of this year.

Fungus Protects Rice from Challenges of Climate Change

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To ward off famine and potentially save millions of lives, researchers are looking for a little help from a tiny fungus.

Good News for 2 Rare Leopard Species [Video]

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Conservation groups are reporting better than expected news on two rare leopard species, the critically endangered Amur leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis ) in Russia and the endangered snow leopard ( P.

Mental Math in Infants

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Most children start counting after the age of two, after observing much tallying done by parents, siblings and television characters. [More]

Fossil fuels can’t save Japan from power shortage

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By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Jul 15 (Reuters) - Japan would face a serious electricity shortage if all its 54 [More]

Crux of Schizophrenia’s Emotional and Social Deficits May Be Cognitive

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[PART 2 OF 2 BLOGS ON SCHIZOPHRENIA. [More]

New Respiratory Virus Jumps from Monkey to Lab Worker

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By Zoe Cormier of Nature magazine A class of virus has for the first time been shown to jump from animals to humans--and then to infect other humans. The virus is described in PLoS Pathogens today. [More]

Mole’s Extra Finger Is Wrist Bone-us

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Former major league pitcher Antonio Alfonseca had six fingers on each hand. One of his coaches was once asked about the consequences of Alfonseca having six fingers and replied, “He can’t flip you off.” Think about it.