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Dams May Degrade One of China’s Remaining Healthy Rivers

80beats | May 22nd, 2009 in Environment, Living World | 5 Comments »

How Could You Fit Your Movie Library on 1 Disc? By Using *5* Dimensions

80beats | May 22nd, 2009 in Physics & Math, Technology | 9 Comments »

Lost in Space: GPS System May Soon Begin Deteriorating

80beats | May 21st, 2009 in Space, Technology | 8 Comments »

Early Mars: Cold and Wet, But Potentially Still Full of Life

80beats | May 21st, 2009 in Space | 4 Comments »

Cancer Causes Depression Physically—Not Just Psychologically

80beats | May 20th, 2009 in Health & Medicine, Mind & Brain | 2 Comments »

Obama’s Orders: Detroit Must Build Fuel-Efficient Cars—Starting Now

80beats | May 19th, 2009 in Environment | 21 Comments »

Solving a 50-Year Mystery: How Thalidomide Causes Birth Defects

80beats | May 12th, 2009 in Health & Medicine | 2 Comments »

Obama Agrees With Bush: Polar Bears Won’t Drive Global Warming Policy

80beats | May 11th, 2009 in Environment | 8 Comments »

Are Reports of a Global Honeybee Crisis Overblown?

80beats | May 8th, 2009 in Environment, Living World | 6 Comments »

Rare Discovery About Mysterious, Giant-Mouthed Shark: Where It Winters

80beats | May 7th, 2009 in Living World | 11 Comments »

Inventors: Shockingly Simple Wave Device Will Beat Wind Energy in Price

80beats | May 6th, 2009 in Environment, Technology | 26 Comments »

Gates Foundation Invests in Antiviral Tomatoes, Mosquito Fungus, Etc.

80beats | May 5th, 2009 in Health & Medicine | 1 Comment »

Controversial Fossil Find Suggests Some Dinos Survived the Asteroid Cataclysm

80beats | May 4th, 2009 in Living World | 12 Comments »

Apparent Discovery of Dino Blood May Finally Prove the Tissue Preserves

80beats | May 1st, 2009 in Living World | 16 Comments »

Watson, an IBM Supercomputer, Could Be the Next “Jeopardy!” Champion

80beats | April 30th, 2009 in Technology | 4 Comments »

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