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Dino Devastator Also Ravaged Veggies
After the Chicxulub meteorite, more than half the plant species in temperate North America perished along with the dinosaurs, and the composition of post-impact vegetation changed markedly. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Used Batteries Might Help California Store Renewable Energy
A new report argues that batteries from old electric cars could help the Golden State store electricity from sunshine and wind -
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World Should Prepare for 11 BIllion or More People
Contrary to previous estimates, the number of people on the planet now seems unlikely to stabilize this century -
Nature
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Hacked Photosynthesis Could Boost Crop Yields
An algal enzyme is found to speed up the rate at which plants make food -
Nature
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World Population Unlikely to Stop Growing This Century
A baby boom in Africa is set to push global population as high as 12 billion by 2100, a study finds -
Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 5
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Electrical Circuits Encode Your Reality
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Space
Hubble Telescope Time Preferentially Goes to Men
An internal study finds that female-led proposals to use the in-demand device are less likely to be selected -
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Engines of Innovation
Most of humanity now lives in a metropolis. That simple fact helps to fuel our continued success as a species -
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Health
White House Unveils Strategy to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
A new science advisory panel assessment sparks executive actions to tamp down the threat of a future without lifesaving drugs -
Reuters
Energy & Sustainability
Water Scarce for Thousands in Mexico's Los Cabos as New Storm Looms
A new hurricane threatened to buffet the Mexican Pacific resort of Los Cabos on Thursday, with water in short supply and looted stores sitting empty -
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Energy & Sustainability
Florida Scientists Urge State Leaders to Join Climate Summit
A group of 42 scientists submitted a joint letter urging Governor Rick Scott and other state leaders to participate in a summit this fall to seek solutions for climate change -
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Diversity in Science: Why It Is Essential for Excellence
Science and technology are society's main engines of prosperity. Who gets to drive them? -
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Energy & Sustainability
Speedy Lizard Outraces Global Warming
A Bahamanian lizard has shown the ability to adapt to higher temperatures -
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Mind & Brain
“I Will Listen”: How Social Media Can Diminish the Stigma of Mental Illness
A campaign gets users of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media to act as a support group -
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Space
Meet NASA’s One and Only Planetary Protection Officer
Catharine Conley’s job is to watch out for cross-contamination in the solar system -
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Inside Baseball: What Gives a Baseball Its Bounce?
Explore what is at the core of a baseball -
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New Steps Shown Toward Creation of Life by Electric Charge
Simulating a famous experiment to produce life's building blocks by jolting molecules with electricity, scientists may have found a strange new intermediate state -
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Wanted: Long-Term Thinking about Technology and Education
Educators need to think long-term about the role of technology in learning -
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Health
SARS Outbreak Isolators Helped "Ebola Air" Fly Infected Patients
The airplane transport isolators being used to fly Ebola patients for treatment have origins in the 2003 SARS epidemic
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