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Solar Storms Are Bombarding Earth Now, Amped-up Auroras Possible
The solar weather is expected to cause significant auroral displays across much of the northern U.S. on Friday night -
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5 Ways to Thwart Illegal Drug Dealing Online
Recent reports from ABC News and the UK's Daily Mail suggest eBay is providing a platform for sellers engaged in an illegal prescription drug trade. -
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Next-Generation Stem Cells Transplanted in Human for the First Time
Surgeons implanted retinal tissue created after reverting the patient's own cells to a "pluripotent" state -
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Garbled DNA Might Be Good for You
Our bodies are a genetic patchwork, possessing variation from cell to cell. Is that a good thing? -
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Bike Helmet Meets Black Box
A future smart bike helmet can track the rider's motion, determine if a crash was likely and call for help if the rider is incapacitated. Larry Greenemeier reports
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Eight Great Octopus Videos!
It’s Octopus Chronicles‘ 88th post! To celebrate, I’ve gone on an all-arms hunt through the deep crevasses of the internet to find eight of my favorite octopus videos. -
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We Are Playing God with a Declassified Future [Excerpt]
The convergence of nanotechnology, biology, information technology, additive manufacturing, AI, new materials and robotics means we no longer have to wait for natural selection to change our lives -
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World's First Three-Dimensional Printed Car Made in Chicago
An Arizona company is the first to use 3-D printing to make a car -
Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 3
Evolution
Experts Tackle Question of How Humans Will Evolve
Our species is still changing. What will become of it? -
Fact or Fiction
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Fact or Fiction?: Video Games Are the Future of Education
Some educators swear by them as valuable high-tech teaching tools but little is known about their impact on learning -
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Mind & Brain
Let Your Creativity Soar
In a discussion with Scientific American editor in chief Mariette DiChristina, three noted experts on creativity, each with a very different perspective and background, reveal powerful ways to unleash your creative self -
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Energy & Sustainability
Landslides Add to Misery of Kashmir's Worst Floods in Decades
Rescuers raced to help communities hit by landslides in Indian Kashmir on Friday while thousands were stranded, homeless and hungry in the city of Srinagar, most of which was submerged by the region's worst flooding in 50 years. Both the Indian and Pakistan sides of the disputed Himalayan territory have been hit by extensive flooding since the Jhelum river, swollen by unusually heavy rain, surged last week. -
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Energy & Sustainability
Torrential Rains Cause over $1 million in Damage in Nevada County
(Reuters) - Torrential rains that drenched much of the U.S. Southwest and killed two women earlier this week caused more than $1 million worth of damage to roadways in a Nevada county, officials said on Thursday. Nearly 140 homes in Clark County suffered damage following Monday's rains, and preliminary estimates from the county's public works department put the cost of cleaning and repairing area roadways at around $1.1 million, county spokeswoman Stacey Welling said in a statement. -
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Technology
Nevada Gives $1.3 Billion Tax Break to Electric Car Maker Tesla
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a package of bills on Thursday to provide $1.3 billion in tax breaks and other incentives for Tesla Motors, putting a bow on the deal for the electric car company to build a massive factory in the state. Sandoval said the agreement has "changed the trajectory of our state forever" during the signing ceremony late on Thursday, shortly after the four bills were unanimously passed by both legislative chambers. -
Illusion Chasers
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Do Dogs Fall for Magic Tricks?
Animals can be deceived, but do animals feel wonderment, awe, or sense that they have experienced the impossible? -
Streams of Consciousness
Mind & Brain
Brilliance Often Springs from Boredom
Every so often, we face a job we dread because it seems exceedingly dull. As a child, I felt that way about household chores—scrubbing a toilet, sweeping a floor, wiping a countertop, weeding. -
The Daily Climate
Energy & Sustainability
Drowned Tropical Forests Exacerbate Climate Change
Methane emissions from big hydroelectric dams in the tropics outweigh the benefits that this form of renewable energy provides, according to new scientific data -
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Smartphone App Takes Morality Science out of the Lab and into the Real World
Just when it seems there's a mobile app for just about everything, psychologists have shown there's room for one more: they are using smartphones to help them better understand the dynamics of moral and immoral behavior out in the community. -
Nature
Health
Vaginal Microbe Yields Novel Antibiotic
A new drug is one of thousands of drug-like molecules that may be produced by our microbiome -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
Pesticides a Concern for Aquatic Life in Most U.S. Urban Streams
The proportion of urban streams in the United States with potentially worrisome levels of pesticides for aquatic life has surged to 90 percent, a two-decade government study said on Thursday. Some of the more than 500 million pounds (220 million kg) of pesticides used yearly in the United States are concentrated at levels that pose a concern for fish and water-dwelling insects, the U.S.
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