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Extreme Tech | Technology
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Nature | More Science
| RNA Editing to Create "Acquired Characteristics" Appears Common The ability to edit RNA to produce "new" protein-coding sequences could be widespread in human cells |
Climatewire | Energy & Sustainability
 | As Big Hurricane Season Looms, NOAA Chief Calls Satellite Cuts a "Disaster" The loss of Earth-monitoring satellites impairs scientists' ability to track hurricanes--and they are predicting a lot of them this year |
Guest Blog | Technology
 | Too Hard for Science? An Early Warning System for Killer Asteroids A week's warning could save an untold number of lives |
Scientific American Mind | Mind & Brain
| MIND Reviews: Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture Series The question of what makes us us--what determines the choices we make, the world we see and the way we speak--is arguably one of psychology's greatest and most compelling mysteries By Melinda Wenner Moyer |
Bring Science Home | More Science
 | Get the Iron out--of Your Breakfast Cereal Bring Science Home: Activity 15 > Activity 14: Big Space: The Scale of the Solar System |
Guest Blog | More Science
| Levees and the Illusion of Flood Control [Explainer] Whereas levees are good for individual communities in small- to moderate-size events, levees are bad for the river system's overall capacity to deal with flood flows |
Scientific American Magazine | Mind & Brain
 | How Brains Bounce Back from Physical Damage After a traumatic injury, neurons that govern memory can regenerate |
EarthTalk | Energy & Sustainability
 | Half-Baked Idea?: Legalizing Marijuana Will Help the Environment Among other advantages, legalizing pot would would eliminate the strain on public lands resulting from its clandestine cultivation as well as meet higher standards for the use and disposal of toxic substances |
Scientific American Magazine | More Science
 | Readers Respond to "How to Fix the Obesity Crisis" and Other Articles Letters to the editor from the February 2011 issue of Scientific American |
Citizen Science | More Science
 | Wisconsin Bat Monitoring Program As deadly white-nose syndrome moves toward Wisconsin's borders, citizens are called upon to help investigate the threat through the collection of data about these nocturnal insectivores > Previous: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: eBird By Jeanette Kelly, Citizen Science Center Director |
Expeditions | Energy & Sustainability
 | Problems without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at U.S.C. Dornsife--Why Guam? Researchers from the University of Southern California are on an expedition to Guam and Palau. There they will study coastal and marine ecosystem management, the effects of climate change on coral reefs, the environmental impacts of a major defense buildup, and invasive and endangered species. This is their second report for Scientific American > Previous: Problems without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at U.S.C. Dornsife--Getting Ready for Guam and Palau |
The Green Grok | Energy & Sustainability
| Chemical Marketplace: Rage against the Foam? Plumbers, carpenters and do-it-yourselfers who use spray foams and sealants: beware the diisocyanates |
Expeditions | Energy & Sustainability
| The South Pacific Islands Survey--5 Things You Didn't Know about Life on a Boat This expedition focuses on marine debris, water quality, habitat conditions and overfishing. Specific emphasis is placed on the five gyres, or the five areas with the highest accumulation of plastic pollution. This is their sixth report forScientific American > Previous Blog: The South Pacific Islands Survey--Pop Quiz Provided by Scientific American Newsletters |
