Week of February 20, 2017 Archives
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Monday, February 20
Theory Could SMASH Five Physics Mysteries
Cathal O'Connell
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Cosmos
Possibility of Silicon-Based Life Grows
Charles Choi
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Astrobiology Mag
Should We Treat Obesity Like a Contagious Disease?
Kelly Servick
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Science
We Won't Be Resurrecting Mammoths Anytime Soon
John Hawks
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Medium
Strange Type of Dark Matter May Make Stars Age Early
David Marsh
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Nautilus
Turkey Continues Assault on Academics
Andrew Grant
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Physics Today
The Civic Duties of Scientists
Yangyang Cheng
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Anti-Vaxxers Owe Me $100,000
Daniel Summers
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Washington Post
Tibetan Plateau Settled Surprisingly Early
Jane Qiu
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Scientific American
Industry Scientists Must Lead the Science March
Ash Jogalekar
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Curious Wave
Tuesday, February 21
What Is the Oldest Thing Alive Today?
Stephanie Pappas
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Live Science
Al Gore and the Apocalypse
Alex B. Berezow
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ACSH
Slippery Ketchup Bottle Solves Age-Old Problem
Pallab Ghosh
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BBC News
Australia Should Develop Its Own Space Program
Simon Driver
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Conversation
Rice Plants Use Enzymes to Alter Arsenic
Laurel Hamers
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Science News
The Future of Robotic Delivery Vehicles
The Economist
Odors Recognized by Artificial Intelligence
Robert Service
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Science Magazine
Creating Space Policy to Fit the Modern Age
Jill Stuart
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Space.com
Lack of Science Advisers Stokes Brexit Fears
Daniel Cressey
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Nature News
3D Printed Prosthetics Can Improve Millions of Lives
Ian Birrell
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Mosaic
Wednesday, February 22
NASA to Announce Major Exoplanet Discovery
F
OX News
Does the Solar System Have 110 Planets?
Ross Pomeroy
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RealClearScience
Testosterone Supplement Effects Mixed in Older Men
Beth Mole
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Ars Tech
The Real Story of Kepler, Copernicus and the Church
Paul Sutter
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Space.com
Bronze-Age Migration Transformed European Genetics
Ann Gibbons
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SM
Multiple Depression Types Diagnosed by Brain Imaging
Esther Landhuis
,
SA
Therapeutic Proteins Harvested From Animal Saliva
Ryan Cross
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C&E News
South Korean Life Expectancy to Breach 90 by 2030
James Gallagher
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BBC
Florida's Feral Swine Problem Examined
Brian Owens
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Inside Science
Priceless Scientific Works Nabbed in Dramatic Heist
Kacey Deamer
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LS
Thursday, February 23
First Images of Event Horizon Coming in 2018
Evan Gough
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U Today
Sci-Fi Underestimates Size of the Universe
Michael Strauss
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Aeon
Ocean-Borne Plastic to Be Collected and Recycled by Dell
Scott Johnson
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AT
What Does the Future Hold? Most People Don't Want to Know
FOX News
Ancient Cannibal Worm Unearthed in Canadian Museum
Stephanie Pappas
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LS
Apollo 11 Capsule Will Tour for 50th Anniversary
Nell Greenfieldboyce
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NPR
SpaceX ISS Cargo Delivery Postponed by GPS Glitch
Tariq Malik
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Space.com
Spinning Black Holes May Spew Dark Matter
Adrian Cho
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Science Magazine
Curiosity Images Possible Martian Mudflats
Cosmos Magazine
Time to Take Manatees Off Endangered Species List?
Weston Williams
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CSM
Friday, February 24
History of Smallpox Altered by 17th-Century Child?
Lizzie Wade
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Smithsonian
Why Did Greenland’s Vikings Vanish?
Tim Folger
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Smithsonian
Russian Hoverbike Performs First Test Flight
Kacey Deamer
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Live Science
Extracting Uranium From Seawater
Sarah Tesh
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Physics World
Ben Franklin's Struggle With Politicized Science
Ethan Siegel
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SWaB!
Predicting and Preparing for Destructive Space Weather
The Economist
Tobacco Companies Fight UK Packaging Regulations
Chuck Dinerstein
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ACSH
Another Zika Outbreak Needed to Test Vaccines
Carmen Rodriguez
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NPR
New Brazilian Opossum Named for Magical Gnome
Carrie Arnold
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Nat Geo
Bees Taught to Play 'Insect Football'
Traci Watson
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Nature News
Sunday, February 26
The Real First American Revolution
Eric Powell
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Archaeology
How the LHC Could Find Dark Matter
Christopher Hill
&
Antonio Boveia
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Nautilus
Why Did Danish Vikings Move to England?
Lise Brix
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ScienceNordic
Is Crime Genetic? Scientists Are Afraid to Ask
Barnes
&
Boutwell
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Quillette
Why Millennials Are Lonely
Caroline Beaton
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Psychology Today
A.I. Learns to Write Its Own Code
Matt Reynolds
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NewScientist
Nobel Laureate Admits Flaws in Popular Book
Alison McCook
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Retraction Watch
Cosmic Superclusters Don't Actually Exist
Ethan Siegel
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Forbes
Why I Mummified a Taxi Driver
Matthew Gunther
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Chemistry World
Inside the Machine That Mimics Nuclear Bombs
Sarah Scoles
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Wired