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- TechMediaNetwork Space
China Spacecraft Enters Orbit around the Moon
The service module from a past test flight around the moon arrived in orbit there this week - 60-Second Science Energy & Sustainability
Health and Conservation Reminders Cut Consumer Energy Use
Households that got weekly messages about the lower pollution they generated via efficiency cut energy use much more than did residents who were told how much money they were saving. Cynthia Graber reports.
- Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
Growing Cities Hold Key to Curbing Climate Change
How cities get built may determine how bad global warming becomes - Observations Technology
The New Chevy Volt Is Impressively Unremarkable
Over the holidays, while visiting family in Southwest Missouri, where I grew up, I saw one of the oddest sights on local roadways since armadillos started showing up as road kill: multiple Chevrolet Volts. - Special Editions Volume 23, Issue 5s Mind & Brain
The Aha! Moment
A step-by-step guide to your next creative breakthrough - Symbiartic More Science
Science and Art Exhibits To Launch 2015
The number of exhibits combining science and art in some capacity has grown steadily since I began blogging about them in 2011. With exhibits in galleries and museums across the country, there’s something for everyone. - TechMediaNetwork Space
SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivers Fresh Supplies to Space Station
The capsule was carried Jan. 10 atop a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral. After launch, the rocket came down as planned on a drone ship but hit a bit too hard - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
2015 Begins with CO2 above 400 PPM Mark
The leading greenhouse gas continues to accumulate in the atmosphere - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 Health
Time for a ‘Completely Different’ Haemophilia Treatment?
A promising therapy curtails clotting inhibitors rather than replacing proteins that promote blood clotting - Reuters Health
Britain's Health Service to Halt Access to Some Costly Cancer Drugs
Several expensive cancer medicines will no longer be available on Britain's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) following an overhaul of an over-budget drug funding scheme - Reuters Health
Taiwan Reports H5N8 Bird Flu Outbreak
Taiwan has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a goose farm, the World Organization for Animal Health said Monday - Reuters Health
Higher-Fiber Diet Linked to Lower Risk of Death
People who ate the most fiber were less likely to die of any cause during a recent study of nearly one million people - EarthTalk Health
What Are the Consequences of Antibiotic Overuse?
Evolution is helping bacteria bounce back - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
How the U.S. and India Can Work Together on Global Warming
Secretary of State John Kerry begins to lay the foundation for India-U.S. climate talks - 60-Second Tech Technology
Facebook Puts Its Money Where Your Mouth Is
The social media behemoth buys voice-recognition start-up Wit.ai to prepare for the impending Internet of Things. Larry Greenemeier reports
- 60-Second Earth Energy & Sustainability
Cheap Oil Means Raise the Gas T-Word
Low oil prices present an opportunity to come to grips with our crumbling infrastructure and the cost of climate change. David Biello reports
- ChemistryWorld More Science
U.S.–Cuba Accord Should Be a Boon for Science
Cuba has world-class expertise in vaccines and environmental research to share, scientists say after last month's agreement to promote exchanges - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 1 Mind & Brain
Dyslexia Can Deliver Benefits
With reading difficulties can come other cognitive strengths - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 1 Mind & Brain
Quiz: Are You on the Path to Burnout?
Assess yourself in six areas to identify potential problems in the workplace - Tetrapod Zoology Evolution
There is so much more to flying frogs than flying frogs
Episode 2 of David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies appeared on TV the other day, and I watched it (in fact, I livetweeted throughout, mostly because I wanted to talk about their portrayal of pterosaurs and Mesozoic theropods).
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