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News in Brief
Mutation-disease link masked in zebrafish
Zebrafish study shows organisms can work around DNA mutations. Read More
By Tina Hesman Saey, Jul 13, 2015 11:00 am
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News
Swimming bacteria remove resistance to flow
The collective motion of swimming bacteria can virtually eliminate a water-based solution’s resistance to flow. Read More
By Andrew Grant, Jul 13, 2015 08:00 am
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50 Years Ago
Flame-finding pistols set off decades of blazing technology
Researchers unveiled a gun-shaped flame detector in 1965 Read More
By Beth Mole, Jul 13, 2015 07:00 am
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Wild Things
Children’s classic ‘Watership Down’ is based on real science
The novel ‘Watership Down’ is the tale of a bunch of anthropomorphized rabbits. Their language may be unreal, but the animals’ behavior was rooted in science. Read More
By Sarah Zielinski, Jul 12, 2015 10:34 am
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Reviews & Previews
Flowers’ roles considered in ecosystems and economics
In ‘The Reason for Flowers’, a pollination ecologist chronicles the science and culture of blossoms from the dawn of humanity. Read More
By Sid Perkins, Jul 12, 2015 09:03 am
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Feature
Pluto: A timeline of 85 years of discovery
Several observations in the last 85 years have given astronomers a little more information about Pluto, and the July 2015 flyby will offer the closest look yet at the solar system’s far-flung satellite. Read More
By Christopher Crockett, Jul 11, 2015 02:03 pm
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Feature
The arrow of time
Gravity may explain how time always runs forward, even though the laws of physics should permit it to run backward. Read More
By Andrew Grant, Jul 10, 2015 02:23 pm
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