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Doomsday Clock Set at 3 Minutes to Midnight
Humanity's failure to reduce global nuclear arsenals as well as climate change prompted the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to advance their warning about our proximity to a potentially civilization-ending catastrophe - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 2 Evolution
Duck-Billed Dinos Gave T. rex a Run for Its Money
Hadrosaurs could outrun tyrannosaurusesbecause of the layout of the herbivores’ tail muscles - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 2 More Science
Readers Respond to "A Beacon from the Big Bang"
Letters to the editor from the October 2014 issue of Scientific American - Ask the Experts Space
Ask the Experts: How Do Amateur Astronomers Discover Comets?
Prolific comet hunter Terry Lovejoy shares his secrets - Link Page
1,000 Scientists in 1,000 Days
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Bring Science Home
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Rival Space Internets Vie For Sky Pie
SpaceX’s Elon Musk and fellow tech mogel Greg Wyler both have plans for low-earth-orbit satellite networks that could fill in many of the world's current gaps in Internet coverage. Larry Greenemeier reports.
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Book Review: Island on Fire
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Tech Consequences Voiced By Carnegie Mellon Prez
At the World Economic Forum, Carnegie Mellon president Subra Suresh talks about dealing with the unintended consequences of ever more sophisticated intelligent devices.
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Boston's Got a Gas Problem as Methane Seeps from City
Boston's leaky infrastructure for transporting natural gas is a big climate problem - Reuters Health
Just 5 Ebola Cases Left in Liberia, Government Says
Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, highlighting the country's success in halting new infections - Special Editions Volume 23, Issue 5s Mind & Brain
How to Build a Better Learner
Brain studies suggest new ways to improve reading, writing and arithmetic—and even social skills - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
Surprise Lake Sheds Light on Underbelly of Greenland's Ice
Scientists have been surprised to find water pooling beneath the ice - Forum Technology
A Graphene Discoverer Speculates on the Future of Computing
Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov, considers exciting uses for graphene and other materials - Plugged In Energy & Sustainability
Rooftop Solar Increases a Home's Selling Price Across Multiple Markets
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a report showing that homes with solar panels typically sell for $15,000 greater than those without solar panels installed. - Reuters Health
Measles Vaccinations Urged amid Disneyland Outbreak
The leading U.S. pediatrician group on Friday urged parents, schools and communities to vaccinate children against measles in the face of an outbreak that began at Disneyland in California in December - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
Keystone XL Pipeline May Force Republicans to Embrace Climate Change
The Senate's battle over the controversial pipeline is likely to have an impact on presidential politics - Chemical & Engineering News More Science
Self-Propelled Micromotors Take Their First Swim in the Body
Microsized tubes can now zip around in a mouse’s stomach and deliver cargo, suggesting the potential for improved functions of nanoparticle drug carriers and imaging agents - Extinction Countdown Energy & Sustainability
1,215: The Record Number of Rhinos Poached in 2014
South Africa has finally finished compiling its report on the number of rhinos poached in the country last year and, as expected, the news is terrible. - SA Visual More Science
The Murals of Scientific American Founder Rufus Porter
Perhaps the tweet below from editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina last weekend shouldn’t have been a surprise. After all, I knew that Rufus Porter, founding editor and publisher of Scientific American, was a well-rounded fellow.
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