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• News | Evolution

  How the Jaguar Saved My Life [Excerpt]

  A love of the jaguar helped inspire one of the world's leading proponents for saving big cats
  10 hours ago |Alan Rabinowitz |
• News | Technology

  Secretive Company Claims Battery Breakthrough

  The Michigan start-up Sakti3 says its solid-state cells more than double the energy density of today’s best Li-Ion batteries
  August 20, 2014 |Seth Fletcher |9
• News | Health

  Is Fluoride in Private Wells Causing an IQ Decline?

  Excess fluoride, which may damage both brain and bone, is leaching out of granite and into Maine's drinking water—and potentially other New England states
  August 20, 2014 |Dina Fine Maron |5
• News | Health

  More Parents Nixing Anti-Bleeding Shots for Their Newborns

  Vitamin K injections, given after birth, can prevent potentially fatal hemorrhaging in infants, but anti-vax parents are extending their fears into a general rejection of all shots
  August 19, 2014 |Tara Haelle |10
• News | Energy & Sustainability

  The Battle to Save Yellowstone from Invasive Fish [Slide Show]

  The National Park Service is scoring some victories in its fight to eradicate nonnative lake trout from Yellowstone’s largest lake
  August 19, 2014 |Ben Goldfarb |3
• News | Energy & Sustainability

  Booming Rooftop Solar Power Suffers Growing Pains

  Reaping benefits from solar panels on a home may be harder than some sales pitches suggest
  August 18, 2014 |David Biello |28
• News | More Science

  Rubber Bullets in Missouri Clash Highlight Militarization of America’s Police

  Police forces are increasingly turning to so-called nonlethal but dangerous weapons to control conflicts
  August 15, 2014 |Annie Sneed |18
• News | More Science

  World’s Greatest Engineering Project Turns 100

  The Panama Canal opened officially a century ago
  August 15, 2014 |Dan Schlenoff |
• News | Space

  Sierra Nevada’s Space Plane in the Chase with SpaceX and Boeing to Win NASA Nod

  The company’s Dream Chaser orbital glider has yet to achieve orbit but still is a contender to ferry Americans to and from the International Space Station
  August 14, 2014 |Geoffrey Giller |3
• News | Mind & Brain

  Robin Williams: Depression Alone Rarely Causes Suicide

  Several factors, such as severity of symptoms, family history, substance abuse and a “mixed” depressive and manic state may combine to increase the risk for suicide
  August 13, 2014 |Roni Jacobson |19
• News | Energy & Sustainability

  Ants May Boost CO2 Absorption Enough to Slow Global Warming

  Ants can speed up mineral reactions that capture atmospheric carbon dioxide so dramatically that they could one day be enlisted in the fight against climate change
  August 12, 2014 |Kevin Schultz |2
• News | Health

  U.N. Panel Says It Is Ethical to Dole Out Experimental Ebola Drugs

  Supplies are limited, and deciding who gets treatment is difficult
  August 12, 2014 |Dina Fine Maron |
• News | Technology

  “Ambiguous” Warfare Buys Upgrade Time for Russia’s Military

  While playing catch-up on technology, Russia opts for cyber attacks, disinformation and other shadowy ways to fight a war with—and sometimes without—plausible deniability
  August 12, 2014 |Jeremy Hsu |3
• News | Space

  Far Out: The Most Distant Star in the Milky Way

  A star 890,000 light-years away patrols our galactic frontier
  August 11, 2014 |Ken Croswell |15
• News | Health

  BPA-Free Plastic Containers May Be Just as Hazardous

  Animal studies find that a replacement compound for the estrogen-mimicking chemical bisphenol A may also be harmful to human health
  August 11, 2014 |Jenna Bilbrey |7
• News | Energy & Sustainability

  Deadly Algae Are Everywhere, Thanks to Agriculture

  Get used to algae blooms, they may be coming to a body of water near you
  August 8, 2014 |David Biello |20
• News | Mind & Brain

  Hope and Fear’s Anti–Sweet Spot Help Explain the Experience of Feeling Riveted [Excerpt]

  In a new book author Jim Davies explains the evolutionary underpinnings of the experiences and items that capture our interest and affect our choices
  August 8, 2014 |Jim Davies |3
• News | Energy & Sustainability

  The Best Shark Biologists and Conservationists to Follow During Shark Week

  These researchers and educators can teach you more about sharks as the fascinating, ecologically important and threatened multiple species that they are
  August 8, 2014 |David Shiffman |
• News | Energy & Sustainability

  Foresters Now Monitoring Tree Populations from Space [Slide Show]

  Scientists know surprisingly little about what is growing in our forests. New techniques for analyzing satellite data are about to change that
  August 6, 2014 |Aaron Reuben |2
• News | More Science

  Particle Measurement Sidesteps the Uncertainty Principle

  A novel way of measuring a photon’s location allows physicists to measure its momentum, too—a feat once thought impossible
   
  August 6, 2014 |Clara Moskowitz |32

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