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60-Second Earth
Energy & Sustainability
Some Good Global Environmental News for a Change: Ozone Hole Closing Up Thanks to Global Action
The world united to combat the ozone hole, can we do the same for climate change? David Biello reports. -
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Health
Bio-Spleen Sucks Pathogens And Toxins From Blood
The new device rids the blood of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and toxins, using nanoscale-sized magnetic beads. Cynthia Graber reports. -
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Art and Science of the Moiré
I’m a bit obsessed with Scientific American covers, but my knowledge of the archive during the years before my time on staff is broad rather than deep. -
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Evolution
How Tibetans Adapted to Such High Altitudes
More proof of recent and rapid human evolution -
Nature
Space
Touch-Down Site Selected for Comet Lander
A robotic probe set to be released in November by the Rosetta spacecraft will land on the "head" of a comet said to be shaped like a rubber ducky -
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Health
Staring at a Screen for Hours Changes Your Tears
Office workers exhibit symptoms of dry eye -
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Energy & Sustainability
Self-Driving Cars Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Pollution
A new report shows how autonomous and connected car technologies could begin to reduce the amount of pollution put out by vehicles -
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September 2014: Additional Resources
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Culturing Science
Energy & Sustainability
#IAmANaturalist: A Tribute
#IAmANaturalist because to try and understand a completely different way of living, of being, is to transcend oneself. -
Beautiful Minds
Mind & Brain
The Real Link Between the Psychopathology Spectrum and the Creativity Spectrum
Plato once noted that “creativity is a divine madness, a gift from gods." Romantic notions of the link between mental illness and creativity still appear prominently in popular culture. -
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Technology
Crime Ring Revelation Reveals Cybersecurity Conflict of Interest
Hold Security’s nebulous report on the “CyberVor” online hacker gang exposed the cybersecurity world’s troubling practice of uncovering online threats and then selling proposed solutions -
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Evolution
No, Humans Have Not Stopped Evolving
For 30,000 years our species has been changing remarkably quickly. And we're not done yet -
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Mind & Brain
When Criminals and Victims Meet, Both Parties Can Benefit
Face-to-face meetings between victim and perpetrator bring relief to both parties -
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Health
New Tracking Technologies Aim to Prevent Sloppy Handling at U.S. Biolabs
The CDC is piloting cameras and tablets in high-level biosafety spaces in an effort to avoid future infectious disease botch-ups -
Reuters
Evolution
Ocean Algae Can Evolve Fast to Tackle Climate Change
Longer-lived creatures, from fish to shellfish, would not be able to evolve their way out of trouble -
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September Book Reviews Roundup
Books and recommendations from Scientific American -
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A Space Debris Impact Test
ISS resupply vessels need protection from speeding debris -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
Croatia Struggles with Floods after Heavy Rains
As many as two-thirds of 21 Croatian counties are struggling with flooding, with the worst occurring in central Croatia -
Nature
Health
Artificial Spleen Cleans Ebola from Blood
The newly developed device improves survival in rats after severe infections with everything from E. coli to Ebola -
Symbiartic
Energy & Sustainability
Paper Dragons Redefine an Ancient Art
Paper cutting as an art form is almost as old as paper itself. Traditionally, though, paper cuts are 2-dimensional, almost cartoonish depictions of scenes because of the nature of the process: either the paper is there, or it is cut away, leaving the artist with two tones to work with.
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