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Slide Shows
| Evolution
Humans are not alone in aiding others
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Kate Wong
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Jun 19, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| Energy & Sustainability
Cold clues reveal how fast ice is disappearing, and therefore how quickly sea level could rise
By
Mark Fischetti
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Jun 16, 2012
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Slide Shows
| Technology
By
Daniel C. Schlenoff
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Jun 1, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| Space
Next week will be the last opportunity this century to see the planet Venus as a little black dot moving across the solar disk--a rare event with a long, important history in astronomy
By
Jay Pasachoff
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May 31, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| More Science
Plants do not just laze about, soaking up rays. They shift around, hunt, eat, attack--and defend themselves
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Daniel Chamovitz
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Ferris Jabr
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May 25, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| Space
Professional astronomers and amateurs tapped their creativity to capture the first annular eclipse visible in the U.S. since 1994
By
John Matson
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May 22, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| Energy & Sustainability
An exhibition of inventions, artwork and artifacts explores our relationship with water and how the world might cope with future scarcity of this invaluable resource
By
Steven Ashley
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May 21, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| Energy & Sustainability
Is colony collapse disorder just the visible part of a "global pollinator crisis"? The answer is surprisingly murky. To help answer the question, scientists have created an inexpensive, nationwide wild bee monitoring program
By
Sarah Fecht
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May 8, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| Energy & Sustainability
The world's oldest effort to regrow a rainforest suggests what the future may hold for other deforested regions
By
John Pickrell
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May 3, 2012 |
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Slide Shows
| Technology
Some of these inventions from 150 years ago were very successful; others were hampered by a lack of understanding of real-world conditions or basic science.
By
Daniel C. Schlenoff
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May 2, 2012
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Slide Shows
| Space
Washington, D.C. and New York City greet the retiring shuttles
By
Daisy Yuhas
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Apr 27, 2012 |