July 29, 2009
Category: Environment
In 2007, the Arctic saw its lowest levels of sea ice coverage than any year in recorded history, and trends for 2009 indicate that we may be on our way to a new record low. The low summer coverage...
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July 28, 2009
Category: Neuroscience
Dope A. Mean and the Glut-Tang Clan may not be a household name yet, but if the debut video of their smash hit Synaptic Cleft is any indication, they're poised to be the breakout group of the summer. S to...
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Category: Medicine
As President Obama continues to garner support for his healthcare reform plan, ScienceBloggers are also taking a look at the issues in play. Peter Lipson of White Coat Underground investigates the perception that centralized, salary-based medicine is more efficient than...
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July 27, 2009
Category: Astronomy/Space
Around midnight on July 19, an Australian astronomer named Anthony Wesley noticed something new while looking through his telescope at Jupiter: a black spot in the planet's south polar region, similar to one that appeared in 1994 after it was...
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Category: The Buzz
Since 2003, the Atheist Alliance International has annually presented the Richard Dawkins Award to "an outstanding atheist whose contributions raise public awareness of the nontheist life stance." Past recipients of the prize have included James Randi, magicians Penn Jillette and...
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July 23, 2009
Category: Scientists
"One of the difficulties with trying to broaden the usual definition of scientists is that there's not a lot of press for non-academic science," Chad Orzel wrote recently on Uncertain Principles. So he decided to give it some exposure himself....
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Category: Astronomy/Space
Four decades ago, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the Moon. His "one giant leap for mankind" is one of the most recognizable achievements in the history of American science. The success of the Apollo...
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July 21, 2009
Category: Seed Happenings
If you've been running into time-outs and submission errors while commenting lately, you're not alone—our system has been suffering some growing pains and it's time for a network-wide rehaul of sorts. Tonight we'll be transferring over to shiny new servers,...
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Category: Silliness
Moon walk. Moonwalk It's been a good 40 years....
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July 20, 2009
Category: Biology
Like the Marvel Comics villain Mysterio who blocks Spiderman's spider-sense by emitting a special gas, a species of tiger moths can jam the sonar signals emitted by bats in order to escape the grisly fate of becoming a midflight...
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