Week of August 28, 2017 Archives
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Monday, August 28
The Basis of the Universe May Be Information
Philip Perry
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Big Think
Did Climate Change Make Harvey Worse?
Robinson Meyer
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The Atlantic
Is the 'Alien Megastructure' a Ringed Gas Giant?
Matt Williams
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Univ Today
Hybrid Species Play Vital Role in Evolution
Jordana Cepelewicz
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Quanta
Why the Eye of a Hurricane Is Full of Birds
Shaena Montanari
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Forbes
Scientists Find Deepest-Living Fish
Samantha Cole
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Motherboard
NASA Explores an Extreme Rover for Venus
The Daily Galaxy
New Drug Approach Cuts Risk of Heart Attack
Jennifer Couzin-Frankel
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Science
Medieval London Was Most Violent Place in England
Joshua R. Learn
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NewSci
Transhumanists Could Create Terrifying Social Order
S. Varghese
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NewStates
Tuesday, August 29
The Origin of Life: Physics or Fluke?
Ian O'Neill
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Live Science
Antares Mapped in Unprecedented Detail
Alison Klesman
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Astronomy
The Incredible Shrinking Cattle of Amsterdam Island
Alex Berezow
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ACSH
Making the Case for Cosmic Pantheism
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
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Nautilus
Gazing Into the 'Eye of Creation'
Ethan Siegel
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SWaB!
Teaching Old Folks New Tricks
David Robson
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BBC Future
Harvey Becomes Massive Forecasting Experiment
Paul Voosen
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Sci Mag
Spiky Dino Armour a Prehistoric Status Symbol?
Traci Watson
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Nature
FDA Cracks Down on Shady Stem Cell Clinics
Beth Mole
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Ars Technica
James Webb Spurs Development of Larger Telescopes
Nola Redd
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Space.com
Wednesday, August 30
The Boring Secrets to Ultimate Health
Ross Pomeroy
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RealClearScience
Extra Rib a Harbinger of Doom for Woolly Rhinos
Tim Wallace
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Cosmos
Airplane-Sized Flying Dino Fossils Unearthed
Laura Geggel
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Live Sci
Rapid-Fire X-Ray Laser Locked and Loaded
Philip Ball
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Nature News
Mighty Dinosaurs Felled by Minuscule Algae?
Carolyn Gramling
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SM
Cosmic Chic: Designing the Perfect Spacesuit
Mark Harris
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Air & Space Mag
Exoplanet Hunters Spy Two 'Warm Jupiters'
Matt Williams
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Universe Today
Inbred Male Mice Sire More Daughters
Nala Rogers
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Inside Science
NASA's Mars Mission to Study Planet's Interior
Elizabeth Howell
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Seeker
200 MPH Pod Wins Hyperloop Competition
Stephanie Pappas
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Space.com
Thursday, August 31
Oldest Human Remains in the Americas Found
Jen Viegas
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Seeker
Interstellar Alchemy: Gold From Black Holes?
Charles Q. Choi
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Inside Sci
New Source of Fast Radio Bursts Detected
Matt Williams
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Universe Today
Descending Into the World's Largest Ice Cave
Jennifer Billock
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Smithsonian
Indonesian Satellite Breaks Apart in Orbit
Eric Berger
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Ars Technica
First Gene-Modifying Cancer Therapy OK'd by FDA
Jocelyn Kaiser
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Sci Mag
Stem-Cell Implants Relieve Parkinson's in Monkeys
Ewen Callaway
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NN
Magnetic Fields Can Activate Mouse Neurons
Tia Ghose
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Live Science
Trap-Jaw Ant Bite Clocked at 80 KPH
Andrew Masterson
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Cosmos
Hybrid Species Pivotal to Evolution
Jordana Cepelewicz
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Quanta
Friday, September 1
Water May Be Plentiful on TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets
Matt Williams
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UT
Power Company Drops Nuke, Goes Solar
Megan Geuss
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Ars Tech
Tabby's Star Possibly Obscured by Giant Dust Cloud
Lisa Grossman
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SN
Facebook & Fake News: Who Will Watch the Watchman?
Alex Berezow
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ACSH
Attacking Tumors With Microscopic Lasers?
The Economist
Average Age of Fatherhood on the Rise
Allison Aubrey
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NPR
381 New Amazonian Species Uncovered in Two Years
Phys.org
CRISPR Gene Fix Efficacy Challenged
Ewen Callaway
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Nature News
How Spaceflight Alters the Body's Protein Balance
Sara Miller
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Live Sci
NASA Aids Harvey Relief Effort From Space
Doris Elin Salazar
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Space.com
Saturday, September 2
How Marriage Warps Your Personality
Christian Jarrett
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BBC Future
Dark Energy May Arise From Matter
Ethan Siegel
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Forbes
Underwater Ruins of Lost Roman City Found
Bethan McKenan
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Independent
Ultraviolet Light Could Point the Way to Life
Matt Williams
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Universe Today
Racism Is Real. Race Is Not.
Adam Hochman
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The Conversation
A Whole New World for Rare Earths
Stephen Ritter
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Chemical & Engineering News
Why Some Telescopes Are Better Off Underground
Yuen Yiu
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Inside Science
Brain Researchers in Uproar Over NIH Policy
Sara Reardon
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Nature News
Can Giant Airships Slowly Accelerate to Orbit?
Robert Walker
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Science 2.0
Alternatives to Opioids Are Getting Creative
Caleb Hellerman
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PBS NOVA