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Social Sciences Suffer from Severe Publication Bias
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Personal Drones: Are They a Public Hazard?
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Dollar Costs of Scientific Misconduct Smaller Than Feared
Yet fraud is still increasing, study shows, and discovery usually ends scientific careers -
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Coal Plants Will Emit 300 BIllion Tons of Future CO2
So many new plants have been built worldwide that emissions across their lifetimes will be enormous -
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Losing Ground: Southeast Louisiana is Disappearing, Quickly
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Patient Zero Believed to Be Sole Source of Ebola Outbreak
By pinpointing the virus’s source, a new report validates steps health care workers are taking to battle the disease
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Africa Is Humanity's Birthplace [Audio]
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U.S. Names 20 Corals As Threatened, Down From Original List of 66
The U.S. government pared back the number of reef-building coral species it was considering to label as threatened from 66 to 20 this week, prompting criticism from conservationists. Environmentalists urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday to extend the protection to all threatened marine species. -
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Poet and Paleontologist – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The German lawyer, author, poet, politician and artist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born August 28, 1749-1832) was also a mining engineer and quite interested in geology and paleontology. -
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Pump Up the Bass—and Maybe Your Confidence
Study volunteers who had listened to bass-heavy music were more likely to act dominant or aggressive in games and debates. Erika Beras reports -
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Juneau Where I Am: Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 2
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Soluble Science: Making Tie-Dye T-Shirts with Permanent Markers
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Warming Aids Arctic Economies But Far Short Of 'Cold Rush'
Climate change is aiding shipping, fisheries and tourism in the Arctic but the economic gains fall short of a "cold rush" for an icy region where temperatures are rising twice as fast as the world average. A first cruise ship will travel the icy Northwest Passage north of Canada in 2016, Iceland has unilaterally set itself mackerel quotas as stocks shift north and Greenland is experimenting with crops such as tomatoes. -
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For Dessert, May I Recommend the Buglava?
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In Praise of Proofs by Contradiction that Aren't
If you don't know what to do, do something. That's one of my mottos when I teach math (and it's probably good life advice too). Last year, I taught introductory analysis (basically calculus with the juicy bits left in), one of the first proof-oriented classes students take. -
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New Neurons Make Room for New Memories
How does the brain form new memories without ever filling up? Scientists turn to the youngest neurons for answers -
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India To Add Five Percent Of Global Rare Earth Supply
India is commissioning a plant to produce up to 5,000 tonnes of rare earths a year, a state company official told Reuters, which could help it contribute about 5 percent to the global supply of the metals used in cameras, cars, iPhones and wind turbines. -
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'Cauldrons' In Iceland Glacier Could Point To Volcano Eruption
Ice over Iceland's rumbling Bardarbunga volcano has melted to reveal a row of 1-km wide "cauldrons", possibly due to a sub-glacial eruption, the country's meteorological office said late on Wednesday. Rumblings at Iceland's largest volcano system for about a week have raised worries of an eruption that could spell trouble for air travel. -
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Forest Service Allows Logging Of Burned Trees Near Yosemite National Park
The U.S. Forest Service said on Wednesday it would sell thousands of trees burned in last year's devastating wildfire around Yosemite National Park to loggers in an effort to reduce fuel for future blazes and stimulate the regional economy. In a draft decision, the agency said it planned to allow logging on about 33,000 acres near the park, less than initially proposed but more than environmentalists wanted. -
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Dupont Fined $1.275 Million In West Virginia Toxic Pollution Case
By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - DuPont will pay a fine of $1.275 million and spend an estimated $2.3 million more to settle claims by U.S. officials that the global chemical conglomerate failed to prevent toxic releases of hazardous substances in West Virginia that killed at least one man, environmental regulators said on Wednesday.
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