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Behavior brief

By | June 8, 2011

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

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Medical Posters

By | June 7, 2011

William Helfand began buying medically themed collectibles in the 1950s when he started working for Merck & Co. Over his 30-year career with the company, Helfand amassed thousands of posters and other old marketing paraphernalia, which were commi

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Australian climate scientists threatened with death

By | June 7, 2011

The debate over a carbon emissions tax heats up

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How skunks got their stripes

By | June 7, 2011

The evolution of bold warning coloration in mammals

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All aboard the Fukushima cruise

By | June 6, 2011

Scientists take to the seas to study the effects of Fukushima radiation on local marine life

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Controversial climate study retracted

By | June 6, 2011

A controversial 2008 climate study is retracted due to plagiarism

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In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.

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One-Man NIH, 1887

By | June 4, 2011

As epidemics swept across the United States in the 19th century, the US government recognized the pressing need for a national lab dedicated to the study of infectious disease. In 1887, the government set its sights on a small lab located in the Mari

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Italian scientists on shaky ground

By | June 3, 2011

Italian seismologists are accused of manslaughter after failing to predict an earthquake that killed 309 people near the Italian city of L'Aquila

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Biodegradables not environmentally friendly

By | June 2, 2011

The breakdown of landfill trash by microorganisms may cause significant harm to the environment through the release of methane

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