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Manure Fertilizer Increases Antibiotic Resistance
Faeces from antibiotic-free cows helps resistant bacteria to flourish in soil, puzzling researchers. -
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Oceans Are Getting Hotter than Anybody Realized
The upper 2,300 feet of the Southern Hemisphere's oceans may have warmed twice as quickly after 1970 than had previously been thought, committing Earth to a warmer climate -
Observations
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Clay Jenkins and Zachary Thompson are Ebola Heroes
All last week CDC officials reiterated their conclusion—based on nearly 40 years worth of successfully containing past outbreaks—that you cannot catch the Ebola virus from people who are infected unless they have already begun suffering a fever or started showing other signs of illnesses. -
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Mind & Brain
The Map in Your Mind: 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain—an inner GPS. The winning work is explained by Karolinska Institute faculty and Nobel Committee members Göran Hansson, Ole Kiehn, Hans Forssberg and Juleen Zierath
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Nature
Mind & Brain
How the 2014 Nobel Prize Winners Found the Brain's Own GPS
Nobel prizewinners May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have spent a career together near the Arctic Circle exploring how our brains determine a place, such as a room, street or landscape -
EarthTalk
Health
Should People Be Concerned about Parabens in Beauty Products?
There are growing concerns about these preservatives in health and personal care products -
The Artful Amoeba
Health
Cosmic Karma: Mosquitoes Have Flying, Blood-Sucking Parasites of Their Own
The biting midge Culicoides (Trithecoides) anophelis Edwards is a predator of engorged mosquitoes, which was first described by Edwards in 1922 [1].At least 19 mosquito species in the genera Anopheles, Culex, Aedes and Armigeres have been documented as hosts of C. -
Climatewire
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Leaky Gas Makes for Top 10 U.S. Carbon Polluters
When it comes to spewing methane, big oil companies and little wildcatters both make the list for biggest contributors to global warming -
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Return to the Antikythera Shipwreck: Technology Tackles Dangers of the Deep
Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the same name sank in 70 B.C. -
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Mind & Brain
High Rates of Suicide, Depression Linked to Farmer Use of Pesticides
There is growing evidence that long-term pesticide use is linked to to alterations in farmers' mental health -
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Evolution
South Africa's Kruger Park Invites Buyers for Its Rhinos
South Africa's Kruger National Park is inviting bids for rhinos under a plan to move 500 of the animals to safety to counter a wave of poaching for their horns, highly prized in some Asian countries as a sign of wealth. -
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Alternative Source of Tire Rubber Gains Traction
With the tropical rubber tree under threat from climate change and disease, tire manufacturers are reviving efforts to produce latex from a desert shrub -
Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 4
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Math Games of Martin Gardner Still Spur Innovation
In what would be his centennial year, Martin Gardner, the longtime author of Scientific American's celebrated Mathematical Games column, continues to inspire mathematicians and puzzle lovers -
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How Nations Fare in PhDs by Sex [Interactive]
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Gaming Carbon Must End to Solve Global Warming
Can economic incentives evolve to combat climate change? -
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Mind & Brain
2014 Nobel in Medicine for Uncovering Brain’s Navigation System
The discoveries that the brain has defined systems that track an animal’s whereabouts so it knows where it is (and where it was) as it makes its way about the world were honored on Oct. -
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3 Myths Plus a Few Best Practices for Achieving Diversity
There is no formula for bringing diversity to the workplace or classroom, but new research that deepens our understanding of how diversity operates suggests some modestly successful strategies -
60-Second Science
Mind & Brain
2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser share the prize for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Steve Mirsky reports
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Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 4
Technology
World War I: Naval Technology, 1914 [Slide Show]
A look at the science of naval warfare in the first year of the Great War -
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Coffee Crisis Spurs Hunt for Helpful Genes [Slide Show]
With cultivated coffee in decline, researchers are turning to wild plants for help
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