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Raw Milk Sicknesses Rise
Nonpasteurized milk is fueling more outbreaks and hospitalizations. Dina Fine Maron reports. - ChemistryWorld Health
Antibiotic Resistance Will Kill 300 Million People By 2050
New report says pharma companies make more money from other drugs, so shy away from new antibiotic development - Nature Technology
Undersea Robot Explores Life below Arctic Ice [Video]
Nereid submersible expands view of polar ecosystems. - Observations Energy & Sustainability
The Real Outcome of Global Warming Talks in Lima: A Future for Coal
“There will be coal burning.” Negotiators from around the world produced a four-page climate-change accord (pdf) after some sleep-deprived haggling over the weekend in Lima, Peru, but the agreement could be summed up in those five words. - Features Space
NASA Rover Finds Mysterious Methane Emissions on Mars
New results suggest evidence for extraterrestrial life could be near at hand - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 Space
Planets More Habitable Than Earth May Be Common in Our Galaxy
Planets quite different from our own may be the best homes for life in the universe - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 More Science
From the World Economic Forum to the World Library of Science to Superhabitable Worlds
Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina introduces the January 2015 issue of Scientific American - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
As Carbon Dioxide Grows, Tropical Trees Do Not
Scientists had assumed that trees would use increasing concentrations of CO2 to grow more but research shows that is not the case - Extinction Countdown Energy & Sustainability
Another Northern White Rhino Dies, Only 5 Remain
And then there were five. The death by old age this past weekend of Angalifu, a 44-year-old northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) that lived at San Diego Zoo, reduces the world population of this critically endangered subspecies to just five, all of which live in captivity and none of which are breeding. - ChemistryWorld More Science
New Energy Device Is Made from Peanuts
Shells help create electrical source that combines advantages of batteries and capacitors - Observations Technology
Google's Top Searches of 2014
Americans looked to Google for information on Ebola, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the actor Robin Williams’s suicide this year—all of which ranked among the hottest search terms of 2014. - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 More Science
More Wondrous Images from the 2014 Bioscapes Competition [Slide Show and Video]
Microscopes find beauty in strange places--from a fossil fern to fruit fly sperm - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 More Science
Stunning Images from the 2014 Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition
Microscopes find beauty in the most unexpected places - Fact or Fiction Space
Fact or Fiction?: The Explosive Death of Eta Carinae Will Cause a Mass Extinction
We almost certainly have nothing to fear from one of the largest and brightest stars in the sky - Mind Matters Mind & Brain
Changing Our DNA through Mind Control?
A study finds meditating cancer patients are able to affect the makeup of their DNA - Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 6 Mind & Brain
How to Be a Better Digital Native
Moderation is key to getting the most out of your digital devices - 60-Second Science More Science
Laser Zap Determines Fruit Ripeness
The way fruit reflects and absorbs laser light may be a good measure of its progression toward peak ripeness. Christopher Intagliata reports - Observations More Science
Frequent Flyers Could Take a Hit of Radiation from Lightning
San Francisco — The energy released by a lightning bolt is so strong that it creates an intense flash of light and usually loud thunder. - 60-Second Mind Mind & Brain
Blood Test Forecasts Concussion Severity
Levels of a protein fragment in the blood paralleled how long head injuries benched hockey players. Ingrid Wickelgren reports - Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 6 More Science
The Mushroom Man
Collecting fungi is more than a hobby for Rodham Tulloss
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