Scientists have uncovered how pacemaker neurons are synchronized at dusk and dawn in order to maintain the proper functioning of their biological clocks. Their findings, which appear in the journal PLOS Biology, enhance our ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 30, 2014
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Although we now appreciate that birds evolved from a branch of the dinosaur family tree, a crucial adaptation for flight has continued to puzzle evolutionary biologists. During the millions of years that elapsed, wrists went ...
Archaeology
Sep 30, 2014
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California became the first US state Tuesday to ban single-use plastic bags, as Governor Jerry Brown signed the measure into law.
Environment
Sep 30, 2014
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Federal biologists say the marijuana industry in the Emerald Triangle of Northern California and southern Oregon is a key threat to salmon in danger of extinction.
Ecology
Sep 30, 2014
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Take events from the past, build a statistical model, and tell the future. Why not apply the formula to novels? Can contents in future books be predicted based only on data from existing ones? Richard Vale at the University ...
AOL will provide Microsoft's MSN with more video and additional news stories from popular sites such as The Huffington Post and TechCrunch in an expansion of a deal aimed at selling more digital advertising.
Business
Sep 30, 2014
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The Education Department has awarded $75 million to 24 colleges and universities to foster innovation in college value and efficiency.
Other
Sep 30, 2014
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After nearly eight months, the U.S. Department of Energy has formalized a plan for cleaning up the federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico.
Environment
Sep 30, 2014
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High winds are a near-daily force on the surface of Mars, carving out a landscape of shifting dunes and posing a challenge to exploration, scientists said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2014
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The bands of thunderstorms wrapping around Tropical Storm Phanfone in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean appeared fragmented to NASA's TRMM satellite.
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2014
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