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Ferreting Out the Hidden Cracks in the Heart of a Continent

by Naomi Lubick

Deep beneath the central United States, researchers find signs of buried faults that have triggered earthquakes in the past—and may still be kicking.

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27 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Magic Mushrooms, Sleeptalking Dolphins, and a Breakthrough for Embryonic Stem Cells

by David Grimm and Kerry Klein
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
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27 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

National Academy Picks UC Administrator for Top Staff Job

by Jeffrey Mervis
A jack-of-all-trades in the U.S. science policy arena, Bruce Darling says that becoming executive officer of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will put him right exactly where...
27 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

North Star May Be Wasting Away

by Kate McAlpine
Polaris could be casting off the equivalent of Earth's mass every year, observations suggest
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27 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

Broad Institute Gets $32.5 Million to Map Cell Circuits

by Jocelyn Kaiser
The Broad Institute has been showered with $32.5 million from a philanthropist to take on one of the biggest challenges in biology: mapping the molecular circuitry inside mammalian cells....
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27 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

Japanese Experts Question Safety of—and Need for—Nuclear Power

by Dennis Normile
TOKYO—Japan is preparing for the possibility of a summer without nuclear power as utilities and safety experts squabble over the safety of the country's remaining reactors. And a key...
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26 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Where to Find Fungi to Fuel Orchids

by Jane J. Lee
Symbiotic fungi thrive in mature forests
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26 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

Italian Official Added to List of Defendants in Earthquake Trial

by Edwin Cartlidge
The former head of Italy's civil protection department, Guido Bertolaso, is to be investigated for manslaughter alongside seven scientists and technicians who are currently on trial for allegedly having...
26 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

3-D Vision for Tiny Eyes

by Elsa Youngsteadt
To estimate pouncing distance, jumping spiders compare crisp images of their prey to blurry ones
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26 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Slideshow: Low-Quality Plants Power Locust Outbreak

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Overgrazing leaves insect pests with plants they do best on
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26 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

Gates Foundation Boosts Coffers of Financially Strapped Global Fund

by Jon Cohen
Bill Gates announced yesterday that between now and 2016, his foundation will pump $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Gates, who made the...
25 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Physicists Squeeze X-Ray Laser Light Out of Atoms

by Adrian Cho
Advance doesn't replace accelerator-based x-ray lasers, however
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25 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

NOAA Says It's Getting Better at Estimating Recreational Fishing Hauls

by Erik Stokstad
Commercial fishing operations get most of the blame for overfishing, but they're not the only player. Recreational anglers can also have a big impact on fish populations by dint...
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25 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

NRC Report Calls for New Nano Safety Research Strategy

by Robert F. Service
Despite billions of dollars spent on nanotechnology research and development over the past decade, the human and environmental safety of nanomaterials remains unclear. As a result, a new nanomaterials...
25 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Headed for Surgery? Hold the Protein

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel
Restricted diet may protect organs from damage
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25 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

A Central Researcher in the H5N1 Flu Debate Breaks His Silence

by Jon Cohen, with reporting by Martin Enserink and David Malakoff
In the heated debate about two labs that engineered a variant of the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus that for the first time easily transmits between mammals, one critical...
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25 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

White House Gives Up on NOAA Science Chief Nomination

by David Malakoff
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has claimed another casualty. The White House yesterday formally withdrew its nomination of geochemist Scott Doney to be chief scientist of the National Oceanic...
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25 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

Whistleblower Uses YouTube to Assert Claims of Scientific Misconduct

by Dennis Normile
An anonymous whistleblower has created a YouTube video that details alleged duplication of images by a prominent Japanese scientist. Alleged image fraud by Kato lab at the University of...
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25 January 2012 | ScienceInsider

Leukemia Drug and Magnet Material Net Japan Prizes

by Dennis Normile
TOKYO—A trio of American researchers will share one of this year's Japan Prizes for bringing their work on a leukemia drug from a basic discovery to a clinical success,...
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25 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: The Science of Antiaging

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel
Experts field your questions on the latest research into human longevity
24 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Listening for a Safe Neighborhood

by Jane J. Lee
Owls eavesdrop on alarm calls to find good nesting sites
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Flu Controversy Spurs Research Moratorium

by David Malakoff

Amid a growing global controversy over the potential dangers of experiments involving the H5N1 avian influenza virus, a group of leading influenza researchers last week agreed to a 60-day moratorium on some sensitive flu studies.


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