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- Climate
Arctic algae crusts preserve climate data
The records show that sea-ice cover has been declining since 1850.
- Planetary Science
MAVEN spacecraft blasts off to Mars
In September 2014, the satellite will begin studying the Red Planet's upper atmosphere.
- Health & Medicine
Quick cooling after cardiac arrest questioned
For a decade, doctors have made induced hypothermia standard practice.
- Cosmology
For proposals that challenge paradigms, peruse arXiv.org
The online physics archive offers crazy ideas to confront cosmological challenges.
- Animals
Mothballs, rubbing alcohol score poorly in tests of DIY bedbug control
Mattress encasement, dry ice in bags, hot clothes dryers do help control infestation.
- Animals
Migration is a deadly time for raptors
For a bird or any other animal that migrates a long distance, it’s sure to face a host of dangers. The story is no different for raptors.
- Earth
Fire may smolder under Antarctic ice
Quakes hint at moving magma that could influence glacial flow.
- Astronomy
Solar explosion forms ‘Canyon of Fire’
Just when the sun was looking especially lethargic, a violent eruption left behind a vast chasm of superheated gas on the solar surface.
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- Life
Thank insects and microbes that we aren’t over our knees in feces
Ever wondered why you’re not drowning in poop? Scientists harnessed the power of citizen science to find the beetles and microbes we can thank for that.
- Health & Medicine
Changes in malaria parasite may make Africans more susceptible
Ominous signals are emerging simultaneously in population studies and under the microscope that Plasmodium vivax, a malaria parasite well known in Asia and Latin America, may have found a way to infect Africans.
- Humans
Humans’ music and genes may have evolved together
Music may be a tool scientists can use to trace human migrations.
