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What does not kill the group, makes it stronger! [Gene Expression] - 19 hours ago
I recently finished reading The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures, a new book...
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An Open Letter... [On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess] - 22 hours ago
...to the guy next to me in seminar yesterday morning. Dear Dr. Hot-Shot, I realize that you thought...
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Response to Dan Ariely's Duke Sex Toy Study Is Predictably Irrational [Terra Sigillata] - yesterday
Father Joe Vetter, director of Duke University's Catholic Center, is protesting trial participant...
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Crying Babies [The Frontal Cortex] - yesterday
This is absolutely fascinating, yet another reminder that the structure of language infects...
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The illusion of time: Perceiving the effect before the cause [Neurophilosophy] - yesterday
A novel temporal illusion, in which the cause of an event is perceived to occur after the event...
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New and Exciting in PLoS this week [A Blog Around The Clock] - yesterday
Current Status of a Model System: The Gene Gp-9 and Its Association with Social Organization in...
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Moon's Friends Say 'No' to Future Lunar Crashes - yesterday
When a NASA spacecraft rammed into the moon in October, it tossed up a hard-to-see plume of lunar...
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New Type of Supernova Discovered - yesterday
New type of supernova featuring helium explosion on a white dwarf is discovered.
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Stars May be Cosmic Road Signs to Intelligent Aliens - yesterday
The most probable place to find intelligent life in the galaxy is around stars very similar to our...
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Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep - yesterday
A small chunk of space trash headed for an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space...
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Seattle Team Wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Contest - yesterday
A Seattle-based team has won $900,000 in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest...
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POLL: Would You Want to Meet an Alien? - yesterday
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A Tale of Planetary Woe
Long ago, something calamitous happened to Mars, transforming a hospitable world into the apparently...
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Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed
The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists an almost complete...
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A Mars Rover Named "Curiosity"
NASA's next Mars rover, a super-capable robot named "Curiosity," will push Mars...
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The Sun's Sneaky Variability
It might not be obvious to the naked eye, but the sun is a variable star. A sensor slated for...
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NASA Mission to Study the Moon's Fragile Atmosphere
NASA is planning a mission to study the Moon's fragile atmosphere--before it's too late.
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Digital Microfluidics for Automated Proteomic Processing - yesterday
Digital Microfluidics is a technique characterized by the manipulation of discrete droplets (~nL -...
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Assembly, Loading, and Alignment of an Analytical Ultracentrifuge Sample Cell - 2 days ago
The analytical ultracentrifuge (AUC) sample cell holds sample and reference buffer and during...
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Microvolume Protein Concentration Determination Using the NanoDrop Spectrophotometer - 3 days ago
Microvolume samples are quantified by a UV/Vis spectrophotometer that uses surface tension to retain...
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Obtaining Highly Purified <em>Toxoplasma gondii</em> Oocysts by a Discontinuous Cesium Chloride Gradient - 4 days ago
This study describes the development of a modified CsCl method that easily purifies T. gondii...
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Automated System for Single Molecule Fluorescence Measurements of Surface-immobilized Biomolecules - 5 days ago
In this article we describe how we obtain FRET traces from individual DNA molecules immobilized to a...
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Preparation of Pooled Human Platelet Lysate (pHPL) as an Efficient Supplement for Animal Serum-Free Human Stem Cell Cultures - 1 week ago
Human platelet lysate is a rich source of growth factors and a potent supplement in cell culture....
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Dry Wadi Fills with Life
These true-color images show a wadi in northern Niger on September 19, 2007, and September 18, 2009....
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Spring Bloom and Dust off Argentina
The arc and waves of a pale brown plume of dust complement the swirls of blue and green in the South...
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Haze over China
A gray-white film of haze or fog blankets eastern China in this photo-like image from November 6,...
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Spring Bloom and Dust off Argentina
The arc and waves of a pale brown plume of dust complement the swirls of blue and green in the South...
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Tropical Storm Ida
Tropical Storm Ida sprawls over Nicaragua and Honduras in this natural-color image from November 5,...
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Lava Flows on Kilauea
Pu'u 'O'o and the Thanksgiving Eve Breakout vent on Kilauea--two centers of volcanic activity--emit...
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NASA-funded monkey-radiation experiment raises hackles - yesterday
A nonprofit group that promotes animal rights in medical research has taken issue with a NASA grant...
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What will it take to force political action on climate change? - yesterday
As utilities fire up their "clean coal" machines and international negotiators haggle...
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Google Droid is here: Can it go toe-to-toe with Apple's iPhone? - yesterday
The flood of Google Droid mobile phone reviews in the past week suggests that if the two devices...
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First Look at Carbon Capture and Storage in a West Virginia Coal-Fired Power Plant [Slide Show] - yesterday
NEW HAVEN, W.Va.--A 100-story smokestack belches a roiling, white cloud of water vapor, carbon...
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Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite: Pest Management Proves More Effective than Pesticides - yesterday
In a large apartment building, it’s impossible to avoid the neighbors. You can hear the Bruce...
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Earliest Pollinator? - yesterday
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Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel
The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in...
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Raising 'Good' Cholesterol Levels May Benefit Clogged Arteries
A drug that raises levels of 'good' cholesterol, when taken in addition to standard statin therapy...
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Nothing But Net: The Physics Of Basketball Free Throws
Pay attention, Shaq: Two engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw -- a...
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'Optical Biopsy' For Breast Cancer Increasingly Accurate, Research Finds
Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer. But women may not have...
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Precuneus Region Of Human And Monkey Brain Is Divided Into Four Distinct Regions
New research provides a comprehensive comparative functional anatomy study in human and monkey...
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Warmer Homes Mean Better Health For Poor People, Study Suggests
Being warm enough at home might lead to better health, according to a new review. Positive effects...
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BLOG: Shooting Violence: A Reason Why? - yesterday
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood Army base.
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Can Humans Infect Pets With H1N1? - yesterday
The case of an Iowa cat that contracted swine flu has experts re-thinking the disease.
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WATCH: Swine Flu: A Look Inside - yesterday
Find out where H1N1 originated and what happens to the virus once it gets inside our bodies.
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Newborns Pick Up Language in the Womb - yesterday
A baby's first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb.
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Bright Bacteria Wins Synthetic Biology Competition - yesterday
An undergrad team modified E. Coli to make it bright enough to see with the naked eye.
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Dead Star Encased in Diamond Shroud - 2 days ago
An unusual neutron star appears to be covered in a thin atmosphere of carbon.
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Crazy Shrinks - 13 hours ago
Are shrinks secretly the loony ones?
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A Score to Settle - 13 hours ago
The case of Nidal Malik Hasan.
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How to Avoid Being a Victim - 13 hours ago
Tips on how not to be a target of crime.
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Frustration, Madness and Misogyny - 13 hours ago
Does sexual frustration lead to violence?
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The Shrink Who Cracked - yesterday
What we can learn from Fort Hood.
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The Career Path of a Shooter - yesterday
The frustrated rage behind the rampage.
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[Editorial] Breast cancer in developing countries - 2 days ago
Globally, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in women, with some 327 000...
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[Editorial] Teaching responsible conduct of research - 2 days ago
Last week, a Seoul court found the disgraced South Korean stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk guilty...
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[Editorial] The FDA's poor oversight of postmarketing studies - 2 days ago
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prefers to approve drugs with a proven, clinically...
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[Comment] Promises and challenges of genetic therapy for blindness - 2 days ago
Patients with inherited congenital blindness (Leber's congenital amaurosis) have a severe handicap,...
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[Comment] Gastrointestinal hormones and weight management - 2 days ago
The gastrointestinal tract produces several peptide hormones that participate in regulation of food...
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[Comment] Immunosuppression-associated lymphoma in IBD - 2 days ago
In The Lancet today, French investigators from the CESAME Study Group report on the risk of...
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The Ecologist - The Open Ground (20/06/2009)
Conservation event organised by Conservation Today - a news & opinions website run by postgraduate...
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The Ecologist - The Open Ground (20/06/2009)
The Open Ground is a conservation event organised by Conservation Today, a news and opinions website...
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The Ecologist - New Ecologist website launches at 12 noon on 19th June (18/06/2009)
A fantastic and vastly improved website replaces the magazine from 19 June at 12 noon.
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The Ecologist - New Ecologist website launches at 12 noon (BST) on Friday 19 June (18/06/2009)
We are in the process of transferring to the new website. Please note that it can take 24 - 48 hours...
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The Ecologist - Two Degrees Festival: art, activisim and the global climate emergency (16/06/2009)
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This Week in Science
A Horse Is a Horse, of Course | Cluster Electronics and Catalysis | Simulating Surfaces | Missing...
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Editors' Choice
Astronomy: Gazing Through the Dust | Engineering: Wide Yet Sensitive | Signal Transduction:...
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Random Samples
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[Editorial] Development and Climate Change
Authors: Rosina M. Bierbaum, Robert B. Zoellick
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[News of the Week] Physics: Helium-3 Shortage Could Put Freeze On Low-Temperature Research
A shortfall of helium-3, the lighter isotope of the most inert element, threatens several research...
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[News of the Week] U.S. Science Policy: Peer Review Not Popular at Homeland Security
An analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's $1 billion science and technology directorate...
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3-D Model Of Lee Harvey Oswald's Head: A Setback For Conspiracy Theorists [Conspiracy Theories] - 9 hours ago
For decades, JFK conspiracy theorists have claimed this photo of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle...
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Nature Reclaims a Post-Apocalyptic Disney World [Concept Art] - 10 hours ago
Epic Mickey's stylized concept art is a mecha-filled vision of the Disney apocalypse, but Alexis...
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Bombs, Cities Drop On Marvel Universe In New Siege Trailer [Siege] - 11 hours ago
Have all Marvel's comics for the last five years been leading up to one massive event? If so, is...
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West and Schaffer Are In The Doghouse [Doghouse] - 12 hours ago
Earlier this year, Dogwitch creator Dan Schaffer and Razorblade Smile director Jake West teamed up...
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5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be) [Essential Reading] - 13 hours ago
You're not new to comics, but you've read all the big names and you're not sure where to go next....
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The White House On V: What Aliens? [Political Science (fiction)] - 14 hours ago
Even though V's very own Monica Baccarin is denying it, there are still those who think that ABC's...
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Experts Criticize Nanoparticle Study
Paper that hints at dangers of nanoscopic particles has no relevance to human disease, they say...
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