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National Science Foundation
- Mapping the Genomes of Crocodiles and Alligators--It's Not for the Faint of Heart!
- Dead Ahead: Less Rainfall for Drought-Sensitive Southern Hemisphere Regions?
- NSF and Partners Discuss Human Behavior Influences on Energy Choices
- New Leadership Team Elected for the National Science Board
- NSF and CONICYT Strengthen Scientific Cooperation in Chile
- National Science Foundation Hosts Inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review
- Questions About Incredible Sea Turtle Migration Answered by Scientists
- Revealing Nature's Mathematical Formula for Survival
- Cellular Secrets of Plant Fatty Acid Production Understood
- Cubesats "Land" at National Science Foundation on Thursday, May 24th
- NSF Honors Two Early Career Researchers With Alan T. Waterman Award
- National Research Council Sustainability Symposium Features National Science Foundation Leaders
- White House Highlights STEM Innovators in the Disability Community as "Champions of Change"
- This Breathalyzer Reveals Signs of Disease
- Analysis of Speed of Greenland Glaciers Gives New Insight for Rising Sea Level
Natural Academy of Science
- National Academy of Engineering Elects Chair, Home Secretary, and Four Councillors
- Harnessing U.S. Census Data Could Expand Access to School Meals Programs
- Bayer CropScience Tried to Reduce Risks of MIC at W.Va. Plant
- Urban Meteorology and Emerging Technologies
- Science Academies Issue 'G-Science' Statements to Call World Leaders' Attention to How Science and Technology Can Help Solve Global Challenges
- IOM Report Identifies Key Obesity Prevention Strategies to Scale Back 'Weight of the Nation'
- Report Warns of Rapid Decline in U.S. Earth Observation Capabilities
- Creation of a Central Management Plan for Each New Drug Is Among Steps Needed to Strengthen FDA's Oversight of Approved Drugs' Safety
- Academy Elects New Members, Foreign Associates
- NAS Annual Meeting Begins This Weekend
Nature
- Finches learn even when practice isn't perfect
- Source found for missing water in sea-level rise
- Failings exposed at India's drug regulator
- Volcanic eruptions trigger shocking finding
- Speaking science to power
- Humans riddled with rare genetic variants
- South Korean research centre seeks place at the top
- Slo-mo microbes extend the frontiers of life
- Reach out to defend evolution
- Seven days: 11-17 May 2012
- Child-study turmoil leaves bitter taste
- Messages from the early Universe
- Rise of the coyote: The new top dog
- Replication studies: Bad copy
- Books in brief
New York Times - Health
- Citing Woes of Michael Douglas's Son, Doctors Seek New Approach for Addicts
- From Cubicles, Cry for Quiet Pierces Office Buzz
- Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay 'Cure'
- Rare Genetic Mutations May Underpin Diseases
- A Stem-Cell-Based Drug Gets Approval in Canada
- Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs
- HDL 'Good Cholesterol' Found Not to Cut Heart Risk
- Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death
- Alzheimer's Prevention Is Aim of Drug Trial
- F.D.A. Panel Backs Easier Home H.I.V. Test
- Finding a Match and a Mission, to Help Blacks Battle Cancers
- Vital Signs: IUD May Be Best Emergency Contraception, Analysis Shows
- Birth-Defect Risk Higher With Fertility Treatments, Study Shows
- Global Update: Study Seeks More Access to Caesarean Births in Poor Countries
- Off the Shelf: In 'iDisorder,' a Look at Mobile-Device Addiction - Review
- Prototype: An I.B.M. Computer Program Rewards Healthy Diets
- F.D.A. Panel Backs Preventive Use of H.I.V. Drug Truvada
- Well: New Cautions About Bisphosphonates
- Well: Phys Ed: How Muscle Workouts May Boost Brainpower
- D.S.M. Panel Backs Down on Diagnoses
- The Vanishing Mind : A Rare Form of Dementia Tests a Vow of 'for Better, for Worse'
- Basser Research Center to Focus on BRCA Cancer Genes
- Vertex's Cystic Fibrosis Therapy Is Called 'Game-Changing'
- Observatory: Another Genetic Quirk of the Solomon Islands: Blond Hair
- Global Update: AIDS Funds Don't Detract From Rwanda's Other Health Goals
- A New Treatment Zeroes In on Cellulite
- Prescription Drug Abuse Soars Among Pregnant Women
- Crowd-Sourcing Brain Research Leads to Breakthrough
- Vital Signs: HPV Vaccine May Help Those Who Had Cervical Cancer Surgery
- Studies Link Aspirin Daily Use to Reduced Cancer Risk
- Gut Infections Are Growing Much More Lethal
- News Analysis: The Autism Wars
- Longevity Up in U.S., but Education Creates Disparity, Study Says
- Vital Signs: Having Small Baby May Raise Mother's Heart Risks
- With Classroom Breakfasts, Some Children May Eat Twice
- Observatory: How Immersion Helps to Learn a New Language
- Well: Diabetes on the Rise Among Teenagers
- Well: Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk
- Well: Turning Yoga Into Art
- Well: Green Garlic Recipes for Health
- Well: Does Facebook Turn People Into Narcissists?
- HEALTH: In Remission and on a Mission
- HEALTH: In Love and Loss
- Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?
- How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death
- Can You Make Yourself Smarter?
- How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain
- The Science and History of Treating Depression
- Really?: Really? Using an iPad Can Strain Your Neck
- 18 and Under: 18 and Under: Parents' Mental Health Is Critical to Children's Care
- Opinionator: School Breakfast, the New Food Fight
- Opinionator | The Stone: If Peas Can Talk, Should We Eat Them?
- Regional Differences in Cost and Care
New York Times - Science
- Computers Abort Private Rocket Launching to Space Station
- Well: Diabetes on the Rise Among Teenagers
- Texas Monthly: Texas Gets Prehistoric With Two New Fossil Halls
- Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town
- From Cubicles, Cry for Quiet Pierces Office Buzz
- Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids
- Insurance Company Approved for Land Trusts
- Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects
- Rare Genetic Mutations May Underpin Diseases
- Side Effects: The Ray and the Coconut: Tracing Life on Palmyra Atoll
- Scientist at Work Blog: Don't Feed Wild Dolphins (Even if They Beg)
- Paralyzed, Moving a Robot With Their Minds
- A Conversation With Carson Chow: A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity
- Contracts Help Private Sector Edge Deeper Into Space
- Hawaii's Beaches Are in Retreat, and Way of Life May Follow
- Side Effects: The 'Hunger Games' Mockingjay: Fiction, for Now
- Trial Vaccine Made Some More Vulnerable to H.I.V., Study Confirms
- HDL 'Good Cholesterol' Found Not to Cut Heart Risk
- Alzheimer's Prevention Is Aim of Drug Trial
- SpaceX Is Set to Send Its Rocket to the Space Station
- Side Effects: The Tricky Business of Taming the Beasts
- Boca Sanibeni Journal: Dam Project Would Displace Villages in Jungle Valley of Peru
- Understanding the Atmosphere
- Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay 'Cure'
- The Texas Tribune: Legislation Proposed to Extend Texas Helium Sales Deadline
- Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs
- Scientist at Work Blog: Whistle Recognition in Bottlenose Dolphins
- Scientist at Work Blog: Artifacts From a Time of Many Droughts
- Scientist at Work Blog: How to Uncover Underwater Artifacts
- Green Blog: Popping the Cap on Arctic Methane
- Green Blog: On Our Radar: Tackling the Tsunami Debris
- Green Blog: Swapping Out Charcoal With Ethanol
- Q & A: Can Animals Get Sunburn, Too?
- Observatory: Chimpanzees' Table Manners Vary by Group
- Observatory: Oldest Cave Art Includes Drawings of Female Anatomy
- Observatory: Brittle Stars Put Their Best Foot Forward
- Personal Health: Personal Health: The Zen of Swimming
- Really?: Really? Red Wine as a Probiotic Delivery System
- Dot Earth Blog: A 'Fracked' Photograph
- Letters: Learning From Cuba (1 Letter)
- Letters: That Unbearable Itch (1 Letter)
- Letters: Consider the Parent, Too (2 Letters)
- Letters: HPV and Oral Cancer (1 Letter)
Reuters Health
- California teens eat fewer calories in school
- U.S. FDA staff cite missing data for J&J's Xarelto
- Blasting music tied to drinking and drugs: study
- Fending off fitness fatigue
- Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease in "critical" condition
- Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics
- Fish oil shows little effect on Tourette's tics
- Health secretary urges contraception compromise
- All baby boomers should get hepatitis C test -CDC
- Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer
ScienceNow
- Senate Dips Toe Into STEM Immigration Reform Stream
- Alzheimer's Research Strategy Announced
- ScienceShot: Disposable Keypads
- Supervolcano Drilling Plan Gets Go-Ahead
- Researchers Meet Protesters in TV Debate
- Roots of Racism
- ScienceShot: The Secret History of the Domesticated Apple
- U.S.-China Research Projects Draw Congressman's Ire
- CPRIT Leaders Defend $20 Million Incubator Grant
- Barely Breathing Microbes Still Living in 86-Million-Year-Old Clay
- It's Official: Random Inspections Improve Workplace Safety
- FDA Panel Recommends Anti-HIV Drug for Prevention
- ScienceShot: Every (Plant) Sperm Is Sacred
- Melanoma Drug Combo Packs a One-Two Punch
- British Team Cancels Geoengineering Experiment
- Electrical Engineer to Head Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- House Panel Gives Controversial Biodefense Lab a Boost
- Chile's Supreme Court Blocks Dam Project
- Paralyzed Patients Control Robotic Arm With Their Minds
- Afghanistan, Like Football, May Be Bad for the Brain
Universe Today
- Eclipse Images from Around the World
- Watch Tonight's Eclipse LIVE
- Astrophoto: Lovely Crescent Venus by John Chumack
- SpaceX Engineers Race to Repair Engines for May 22 Launch
- On The Hunt For High-Altitude Microorganisms
- Meteor Shower Timelapse Seen from the Space Station
- T-0 Launch Abort for Dragon
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Poised at Pad to Open New Space Era
- Doomed Mercury-Sized Exoplanet May Be Turning to Dust
- Launch Day Timeline for SpaceX's Dragon



