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- 60-Second Science Space
Self-Healing Spaceship Shielding Could Keep Astronauts Safer
A new lightweight material that heals itself when punctured could help spacecraft survive run-ins with debris. Christopher Intagliata reports. - TechMediaNetwork Technology
Confirmed: Wing Part Is From Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight
The large piece of wing could offer up clues for authorities hoping to locate the rest of the airplane and determine what happened to the ill-fated aircraft - Bring Science Home More Science
Cold or Warm, Can We Really Tell?
A desensitized science project from Science Buddies - Scientific American Volume 313, Issue 3 More Science
Can We Trust Crime Forensics?
How trustworthy are DNA and other crime scene tests? - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 5 Health
Pharma Watch: Raising Awareness or Drumming Up Sales?
Restless legs? Binge eating? Behind many disease-awareness campaigns are drug company dollars - Scientific American Volume 313, Issue 3 More Science
Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings?
Einstein's thought experiments left a long and somewhat mixed legacy of their own - News Health
Racial Gap in Kidney Transplants Combated by Policy Changes
Blacks and whites on the transplant list are finally getting the organs at equal rates, although fewer blacks may make it onto the lists to begin with - Science Talk More Science
The Errors of Albert
Physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, talks about his article "What Einstein Got Wrong," in Scientific American ’s September issue, devoted to the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s publication of general relativity
- Nature Energy & Sustainability
Earth Has 3 Trillion Trees Per New Count [Video]
A new approach combined ground-based surveys with satellite imaging and yielded a higher density than anticipated - Nature Space
Dark Matter Experiment on Space Station Hits a Glitch
An Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer cooling-pump failure raises questions about the instrument's longevity - Nature Mind & Brain
Antipsychotic Drugs Often Given to Intellectually Disabled in Absence of Mental Illness
A study confirms the widespread use of drugs to control disruptive and aggressive behavior - Reuters Health
Most Adults' "Heart Age" Exceeds Their Actual Age
Three out of four U.S. adults have a predicted "heart age" that is older than they are, putting them at increased risk for heart attacks and strokes - Scientific American Volume 313, Issue 3 Evolution
Bird Cries Wolf to Deceive Predator 40 Times Its Size
The brown thornbill scares away its attacker by pretending an even bigger bird is nearby - Scientific American Volume 313, Issue 3 More Science
What Einstein Really Thought about Quantum Mechanics
Einstein's assertion that God does not play dice with the universe has been misinterpreted - 60-Second Science Energy & Sustainability
Road Noise Takes a Toll on Migrating Birds
Researchers built a "phantom road" through wilderness using tree-mounted speakers to play traffic sounds, and witnessed a decline in bird fitness and diversity. Christopher Intagliata reports - Reuters Energy & Sustainability
Climate Change Could Alter Key Ocean Bacteria
Climate change could put a type of oceanic bacteria into evolutionary overdrive in a way that could pose a threat to its long-term survivability and its important role in the food chain - Reuters Evolution
Primordial Sea Beast Resembled Ancient Greek Warship
One of the earliest big predators to prowl Earth's primordial waters was a sea scorpion nearly 1.7 meters long - Climate Central Energy & Sustainability
"Gray Swan" Hurricanes Pose Future Storm Surge Threat
Tropical cyclones may cause flooding in yet more places - Special Editions Volume 24, Issue 3s Mind & Brain
What Your Pet Reveals about You
Is there a typical cat person or snake owner? The jury is still out - News Mind & Brain
A Red Flag for a Neurodegenerative Disease That May Be Transmissible
Animal experiments show how a just-discovered prion triggers a rare Parkinson’s-like disease
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