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UV Light Colors Great Red Spot
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is its particular crimson shade because of the interaction of ultraviolet light and specific chemical compounds in the gas giant's atmosphere. Lee Billings reports.
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Energy & Sustainability
American Eel Is in Danger of Extinction
The IUCN put the American eel on its Red List as Maine fishermen saw a deep cut in their fishing quota for the species -
Nature
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Japan's Next Asteroid Sample-Return Probe Delayed
Thick cloud cover postponed the launch of Hayabusa-2, which was set to leave for a carbon-rich space rock on Sunday -
Nature
Health
U.S. Ebola Vaccine Clears Safety Test
The candidate drug will be tested next to see how well it can help prevent infection -
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Technology
Bendy Screens a Step Closer
New progress in flexible displays -
EarthTalk
Energy & Sustainability
Rooftop Solar Cost Competitive with the Grid in Much of the U.S.
Can solar power compete with fossil fuels? -
The Daily Climate
Energy & Sustainability
Global Climate Talks Open with Push for Human Rights
The U.N. climate negotiations are no longer just about emissions limits but also social justice -
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Technology
5 New Ways to Type on a Smartphone
Entering text on a touchscreen doesn't have to suck -
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No Refuge for Polar Bears in Canadian Archipelago
Melting ice in northern Canada may doom its polar bears -
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The Wondrous Lives of Galaxies [Slide Show]
Images in a new book by astronomer James Geach shed light on the genesis and destiny of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbors -
Nature
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Scams Prompt Attempt to Plug Holes in Scientific Publishing System
Some scientists have found highly unethical or duplicitous routes to tamper with and game the peer-review system designed to ensure the validity of findings -
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Energy & Sustainability
Supreme Court Rejects September 11 Environmental Appeal
The Supreme Court on declined to revive a New York real estate developer’s lawsuit against the leaseholder of the destroyed World Trade Center and two airlines seeking environmental cleanup costs -
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Health
New Evidence Supports an Old—and Somewhat Strange—Idea about How the Immune System Works
Sophisticated mathematical tools suggest that the immune system has a blind spot when it comes to subtle mutations of the influenza virus -
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Lonesome George, the Giant Tortoise, Preserved in All His Glory
Taxidermists give immortality to a beloved tortoise -
Observations
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Is the Blood of Ebola Survivors an Effective Treatment?
When the World Health Organization recently named blood transfusions from Ebola survivors as its priority experimental therapy for the disease ravaging west Africa there was only one major problem: no data indicating that such transfusions work. -
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Mind & Brain
Rice Farming Linked to Holistic Thinking
Historical agriculture practices predict modern mentalities -
Reuters
Health
Risky Bedding Common for Babies in U.S.
More than half of U.S. parents say their babies sleep with pillows, blankets and other loose bedding despite recommendations against their use from doctors and health officials -
Roots of Unity
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The Saddest Thing I Know about the Integers
The integers are a unique factorization domain, so we can't tune pianos. That is the saddest thing I know about the integers. I talked to a Girl Scout troop about math earlier this month, and one of our topics was the intersection of math and music. -
Reuters
Health
AIDS-Fight Advocates Say Pandemic Has Finally Reached Tipping Point
The world has finally reached "the beginning of the end" of the AIDS pandemic that has infected and killed millions in the past 30 years, according to a leading campaign group fighting HIV -
Reuters
Health
Bird Flu Found at 4th Dutch Poultry Farm
Dutch officials said on Sunday bird flu had been found at another poultry farm in the Netherlands, the fourth in recent weeks
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