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  Global warming is making the Arctic greener, study finds

  By Carl Franzen on March 11, 2013 03:12 pm + 34 comments

  Global warming is making the Arctic more like lower latitudes in terms of temperature and plant Continue reading…

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  Electronic tattoo filled with sensors reads your vitals, reports them wirelessly

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 11, 2013 12:13 pm + 25 comments

  University of Illinois researchers have developed a tattoo-like electronic mesh that attaches to Continue reading…

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  After years of lab research, hundreds of chimpanzees could be given sanctuary

  By Chris Welch on March 11, 2013 11:01 am + 24 comments

  Research involving chimpanzees in the US is finally winding down, which means hundreds of chimps Continue reading…

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  SpaceX's reusable rocket prototype Grasshopper leaps to new record height, nails landing

  By Carl Franzen on March 11, 2013 10:31 am + 39 comments

  SpaceX just overcame a glitch to connect its Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station Continue reading…

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  Whole Foods will require labels for genetically modified foods by 2018

  By Andrew Webster on March 9, 2013 04:53 pm + 91 comments

  Grocery chain Whole Foods has announced that in five years time it will require labels for all Continue reading…

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  The anti-Creationism: will schools in the US embrace new pro-science curriculum?

  By Carl Franzen on March 8, 2013 12:00 pm + 979 comments

  Baking soda volcanoes just aren't cutting it anymore. American public school students in science Continue reading…

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  3D-printed implant used to replace 75 percent of man's skull

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 8, 2013 10:17 am + 46 comments

  A 3D-printed implant was used to replace 75 percent of a man's skull in a surgical procedure earlier Continue reading…

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  Amazon Mechanical Turk workers not as anonymous as they think

  By Carl Franzen on March 7, 2013 04:33 pm + 15 comments

  Amazon's Mechanical Turk allows users to sign up for quick, low paying, online-based jobs like Continue reading…

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  Researchers use Google, Yahoo, and Bing to find drug side effects faster than the FDA

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 7, 2013 10:41 am + 10 comments

  By analyzing search data, researchers can now discover the unknown side effects of prescription Continue reading…

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  Falkland Islands wolf, the Islands' only native land mammal, likely walked across an ice bridge

  By Adi Robertson on March 6, 2013 02:06 pm + 114 comments

  The origin of the Falkland Islands wolf has been a mystery for centuries. Now extinct, the wolf is Continue reading…