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<h3 style="color: #ffffff;">Prion-like Protein Is A Memory Aid--for Flies</h3>
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<h3 style="color: #ffffff;">Catch Up on All Your Super Bowl Science</h3>
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Blogs

Gene Expression

Kkkhhhaaannn!!!

My post, 1 in 200 men direct descendants of Genghis Khan, is linked up ...

Gene Expression

The social and biological construction of race

Many of our categories are human constructions which map upon patterns in ...

Bad Astronomy

Another interactive way to scale the Universe

I’m getting email and tweets about a Flash-based interactive tool ...

Articles

Strong Medicine, Bitter Pills

Statistics show that prescription drugs are a surprisingly threat to young children.

The Continent Where Climate Went Haywire

From floods to cyclones to fires of unimaginable ferocity, climate 
change has unleashed a host of plagues on Australia. But catastrophe has 
spawned a national rebirth.


When Arctic Ice Locks up Your Submarine, It's Time to Break Out the Chainsaw

The U.S. Navy runs into an unusual obstacle as it increases its activity in the far north.

The Spider Assassin That Acts Like Prey and Cloaks Itself With Wind

The assassin bug has an impressive array of techniques for hunting spiders that can just as easily eat assassin bugs.

Departments

20 Things You Didn't Know About...

Clouds

Some are visible only after sunset, none are created by seeding, and one chewed on a fighter pilot for half an hour before spitting him out, alive.

The Brain

Sewing Audio to Video, and Rubber Hands Onto People

When perceptions get mismatched in the mind, we can fall prey to maddening 
illusions, and reality is turned on its head.

Vital Signs

A Problem of the Heart, Head, or Hands?

A patient with a history of mental illness claims his hands are possessed. Could his delusional behavior indicate a serious medical condition?

Discover Interview

The Radical Linguist Noam Chomsky

Over 50 years ago, he began a revolution that's still playing out today.

Big Idea

Seeing Crime Before It Happens

Can remote sensors give us Minority Report-like powers to detect people who will soon break the law?

5 Questions

for the Microbial Puppet-Master

Timothy Lu gets bacteria to make enzymes that attack their own biofilms, setting them up for the kill.

 








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