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- 60-Second Earth Energy & Sustainability
Oil Spill Sullies World Heritage Site
The Sundarbans, part of the world's largest mangrove forest and stretching across India and Bangladesh, have been tarnished by a 350,000-liter oil spill. David Biello reports.
- TechMediaNetwork Space
NASA Orion Space Capsule Back in Florida After Test Flight
The capsule, designed to bring humans farther into space than ever before, conducted its first unmanned test flight on Dec. 5 - TechMediaNetwork Space
Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: How to Watch
The Ursid meteor shower should offer skywatchers a good view this year - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 Health
Special report: The New Science of Haemophilia
A flow of ideas to stop the bleeding - Nature Health
Scientist Resigns as Stem-Cell Creation Method Is Discredited
Haruko Obakata caused a sensation earlier this year with papers, now discredited and retracted, that claimed a simple method for creating pluripotent stem cells - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
Coral Clues Hint at Looming Global Warming Spike
The Pacific Ocean can belch heat back into the atmosphere depending on the winds, a new record written in coral shows - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
What Have Climate Scientists Learned from 20-Year Fight with Deniers?
Scientists discuss lessons learned from the struggle with those who would deny human-caused global warming - EarthTalk Energy & Sustainability
How Does Climate Denial Persist?
A preponderance of evidence points to humanity bearing the blame for global warming - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 Mind & Brain
Why We Have Free Will
Neurons fire in your head before you become aware that you have made a decision. But this discovery does not mean you are a “biochemical puppet” - News Space
A New Way to Reach Mars Safely, Anytime and on the Cheap
Ballistic capture, a low-energy method that has coasted spacecraft into lunar orbit, could help humanity visit the Red Planet much more often - Chemical & Engineering News Technology
3-D Printed Bone-Shaped Devices Change Color When Stretched
The approach could be used to build easy-to-read sensors or counters to measure the structural loads on a particular material - 60-Second Science Energy & Sustainability
Plankton Pee May Alter Ocean's Chemistry
The urine of a vast army of tiny fish, jellies and shrimpy things may play an important role in the ocean's nitrogen cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 1 Mind & Brain
Scientists Unveil the Secrets of Visual Attention
Concentration affects how we detect and perceive objects and scenes - Observations Energy & Sustainability
The Year in Energy and Environment: It Wasn't All Apocalyptic
‘Tis the season for year end lists. The problem is: news keeps happening. One of the members of this list only happened just last week. - Observations More Science
5 Top Chemistry Stories of 2014
New ways to see inside cells, art conservation, and the origin of life are some of the most interesting chemistry stories of the year. - Reuters Technology
Activity Trackers Get Smarter at Measuring Your Fitness
Fitness activity trackers have come a long way since Leonardo da Vinci sketched a rudimentary gear-and-pendulum pedometer to track the treks of 15th century Roman soldiers. - Reuters More Science
Captive Orangutan Has Human Right to Freedom, Court Rules
An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "non-human person" unlawfully deprived of its freedom, local media reported on Sunday. - Features Technology
What Was the Most Disappointing New Technology of 2014?
Tell us what big tech announcement or new gadget made you roll your eyes - Illusion Chasers Mind & Brain
How Virtual Time Travel Affects Our Feelings about the Past and Future
"Too late" might be the two most tragic words in English, but what if you could rewind the clock? What if the past was not immutable? Would we regret past bad decisions more or less? - Tetrapod Zoology Evolution
How Robins Became the Birds of Christmas
It's time to wind things down for Christmas, so what better way to do it than to write a short article about robins. And here I mean the `original' or `proper' robin - the European robin Erithacus rubecula - a Eurasian passerine that also occurs in northern Africa and is (conventionally) regarded as the only [...]
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