Scientific American

Physicists Find Way to Measure Earth's Rarest Element

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 EST

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3-D Print Your Own Invisibility Cloak at Home

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:15:00 EST

Invisibility cloaks made of plastic can now be created at home using 3D printers, researchers show.

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Mars Rover Breaks U.S. Record for Off-Planet Driving

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

NASA's long-lived Opportunity Mars rover is the new American champion of off-planet driving, breaking a distance record set more than 40 years ago by an Apollo moon buggy.

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Best Time to See Moon Mountains in May Is Now

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:15:00 EST

It's time to spot some mountains on the moon.

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Warmer Springs Linked to Dwindling Snow in Rocky Mountains

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:45:00 EST

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Brain's Circadian Clock Disrupted in Depressed People

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:00 EST

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How to Keep from Being a "Creeper" on Social Media

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:50:00 EST

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Meteor Shower from Halley's Comet Peaks This Weekend

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:35:00 EST

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Did Asteroid Impacts Spark Life's "Left-Handed" Molecules?

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:45:00 EST

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Meteor Shower and Eclipses of Sun to Grace May Sky

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:30:00 EST

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World's Largest Infrared Space Telescope Shuts Down Forever

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:15:00 EST

After nearly four years mapping the "hidden universe," the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space has reached the end of its life, European Space Agency officials say.

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Obama Praises Mars Rovers, U.S. Science in Speech

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:00:00 EST

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Dino Ancestors Boomed After Mass Extinction

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:00:00 EST

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Tiny Sponge Soaks Up Venom in Blood

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:45:00 EST

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How Eerie Sea Ice 'Brinicles' Form

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:30:00 EST

When salt-rich water leaks out of sea ice, it sinks into the sea and can occasionally create an eerie finger of ice called a brinicle. New research explains how these strange fingers of ice form and how the salty water within sea ice could have been a prime environment in which life may have evolved.

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Why Was the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion So Deadly?

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:55:00 EST

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How Eerie Sea-Ice "Brinicles" Form

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:47:00 EST

What's cooler than being cool? Brine-cold.

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How Lasers and Glue Help to Weld Tissue Ruptures

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:00:00 EST

Lasers could help weld intestines together with the aid of a novel glue filled with microscopic gold rods, researchers say.

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Autism Linked to Placenta Abnormalities

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:00:00 EST

Children at an increased risk of autism may have abnormal structures in the placenta that can be detected at birth, a new study finds.

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Discriminated Groups Strategize to Avoid Prejudice

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EST

When they think they'll be discriminated against, people do their best to put on a good face for their group, new research finds.

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