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My post, 1 in 200 men direct descendants of Genghis Khan, is linked up ... February 12, 2012 08:03 PM |
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The social and biological construction of race Many of our categories are human constructions which map upon patterns in ... February 12, 2012 05:45 PM |
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A Planet of Viruses: Autographed Book Sale
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Another interactive way to scale the Universe I’m getting email and tweets about a Flash-based interactive tool ... February 12, 2012 09:06 AM |
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Statistics show that prescription drugs are a surprisingly threat to young children. February 09, 2012 |
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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. February 08, 2012 |
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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. February 08, 2012 |
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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. February 06, 2012 |
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North America's 2080 Water Forecast February 06, 2012 |
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20 Things You Didn't Know About... 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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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The Radical Linguist Noam Chomsky Over 50 years ago, he began a revolution that's still playing out today. |
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Seeing Crime Before It Happens Can remote sensors give us Minority Report-like powers to detect people who will soon break the law? |
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for the Microbial Puppet-Master Timothy Lu gets bacteria to make enzymes that attack their own biofilms, setting them up for the kill. |