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What Science Says--and Doesn't--about Spanking
Are kids being spanked for acting out, or acting out because they’re spanked?
1 hour ago — Melinda Wenner Moyer
"Big Bird" Neutrino Is Linked to Bright Blazar
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has helped astronomers track down which blazar was responsible for the 2012 "Big Bird" neutrino, the second-most powerful particle the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica has ever detected. Video courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
3 hours ago — NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Nearby Star Harbors Trio of Earth-Size Worlds
Astronomers speculate that the three planets orbiting the small, cool star TRAPPIST-1 could support life
2 hours ago — Charles Q. Choi and SPACE.com
Stunning Cloud Maps Reveal Life on Earth
The new maps show the link between clouds, plants and animals
3 hours ago — Brian Kahn and Climate Central
Audacious Stem Cell Plan Aims to Halt Rhino Extinction
Effort depends on transforming rhino tissue into sperm and egg cells
5 hours ago — Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine
How Disgusting Are Other People?
An experiment with sweaty T-shirts shows the power of defining groups—and how easily it can be changed
5 hours ago — Daniel Yudkin
Japan Bets on a Hydrogen-Fueled Future
The auto-making country hopes to craft a transportation future powered by fuel cells
6 hours ago — Umair Irfan and ClimateWire
The Age of Cheap Oil and Natural Gas Is Just Beginning
Fracking and horizontal drilling have sent supplies through the roof and prices through the floor, and things are likely to stay that way
55 minutes ago — Marian Radetzki
Arsenic's Afterlife: How Scientists Learned to Identify Poison Victims [Excerpt]
Crime expert Linda Stratmann describes 19th century efforts to understand what traces poison leaves on a body after death in this excerpt from her new book “The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder”
4 hours ago — Linda Stratmann
California Ants Rally to Repel Argentine Invaders
The Golden State's native winter ants have stopped the seemingly inexorable march of their tiny foreign rivals
1 hour ago — Eliene Augenbraun
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