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  • In Search of the Wild Chicken
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    In Search of the Wild Chicken

    Researchers are melding genetics and archaeology to potentially help protect a major source of animal protein

  • Making Sense of a Senseless Act
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    Making Sense of A Senseless Act

    Research from Asia is overturning long-held notions about the factors that drive people to commit suicide

  • DOE Shifts Money From Research Grants to New Projects
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    DOE Shifts Money From Research Grants To New Projects

    The U.S. Department of Energy has decided to cut funding for high-energy physics research to free up money for new projects

  • As Open Access Explodes, How to Tell the Good From the Bad and the Ugly?
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    Open Access

    Science funding agencies, publishers, librarians, and journal editors discussed proposed yardsticks for quality in open-access journals but failed to come up with clear answers

  • Genome Study Helps Contain MRSA Outbreak—And Breeds New Questions
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    Genome Study Helps Contain MRSA Outbreak

    Genomic epidemiology uses full-genome sequencing of microbes to trace the path a pathogen took, and to help stop transmission

 
 

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27 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: 'Coughing' Scallops Caught on Tape

by Kelly Servick
Mollusks' persistent coughs can reveal poor water quality
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26 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Failed Summit Spares Research Bad News ... For Now

by Gretchen Vogel
European leaders reach no agreement on European Union budget, but cuts loom
26 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: The Secret of the Black Dahlia

by Helen Fields
Scientists unravel the origins of the flower’s rarest hue
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26 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Yellowstone Park Research Wolves Killed by Hunters

by Virginia Morell
Seven animals were part of long-running tracking study
26 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: A Tiny Bacterial World, Long Buried in Ice

by Sid Perkins
Microbial ecosystem has been trapped in briny Antarctic lake for millennia
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26 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Lack of Humility and Fear of Public Misunderstandings Led to Fukushima Accident

by Dennis Normile
Tokyo Electric official says root causes of Fukushima disaster lie in the company's reluctance to seek outside advice and unwillingness to admit risks
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26 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Making a Flu Vaccine Without the Virus

by Kai Kupferschmidt
A new influenza vaccine using only messenger RNA proves successful in animals
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22 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Michigan Neurologist Implicated in Insider Trading Case

by Greg Miller
Sidney Gilman allegedly leaked details of Alzheimer's clinical trials to investors
21 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Putting Themselves to Sleep

by Greg Miller
A Valium-like compound produced by the brain could make some people super sleepy
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21 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Europe Puts New Rocket, Trip to Mars on Its To-Do List

by Daniel Clery
Ministers agree on €10.1 billion in new priorities for the European Space Agency
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21 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Iowa Ape Center Dismisses Neglect Charges Against Researcher

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Susan Savage-Rumbaugh is reinstated by board of trustees
21 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Breathless Orb

by Sid Perkins
Dwarf planet Makemake has little, if any, atmosphere
21 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Trees Living on the Edge

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Forests poorly equipped to deal with drought as the climate gets drier
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21 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Meet Representative Thomas Massie: A Constitutional Conservative With an MIT Pedigree

by Jeffrey Mervis
New U.S. House member holds 24 patents on human-computer interfaces
20 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Curves Are Tough on the Bones

by Sid Perkins
Dinosaur bones may have been weaker than we thought
20 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Holey Art Reveals Beetle Boundaries

by Rachel Nuwer
Analysis of woodblock prints provides unusual insight into wood-munching critters' territories
20 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Harlequin Ladybirds Flourish by Squelching Disease

by Traci Watson
Beetles' genes help fight bacteria and pathogens
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20 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

University Shutters Energy Institute in Wake of Fracking Controversy

by Eli Kintisch
University at Buffalo group had drawn criticism for report on regulation of gas drilling in Pennsylvania
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20 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

Texas Cancer Agency Loses Another Top Official

by John Travis
Commercialization chief leaves an agency under scrutiny
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20 November 2012 | ScienceInsider

HIV Infections and AIDS Deaths Dropping, But Epidemic Still Daunting

by Jon Cohen
A new global report from UNAIDS once again delivers both good and bad news
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Genetic Influences on Disease Remain Hidden

by Jocelyn Kaiser

A popular hypothesis in the field of human genetics—that the general population carries somewhat rare variants that greatly increase or decrease a person's disease risk—is not yet panning out.


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