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New Material Doubles Record for Holding Hydrogen 

Highly absorbent stuff hold promise for tanks for fuel of the future
16 Nov

Shrewd Snake Savors Deadly Meal 

Death adder waits for frog's toxin to degrade before consuming corpse
16 Nov

American Rice: Out of Africa 

Slaves may have brought key cash crop with them
16 Nov

Mutation Fired Outbreak of Deadly Tropical Virus 

A simple genetic change enabled chikungunya to explode through an island population
15 Nov

Queen Bees Control Sex of Young After All 

Sex selection is not made by worker bees alone, as previously thought
15 Nov

A Bright Idea for Sending and Receiving Radio Waves 

Antennae that use ionized gas and resemble neon lights may run rings around traditional metal ones
14 Nov

Flashes of Insight Into Mondo Supernova? 

Astrophysicists propose explanations for record-breaking stellar explosion
14 Nov

So Cute You Could Just Eat Them Up 

In certain situations, it makes evolutionary sense for animals to eat their young
14 Nov

President Nixes Bill Funding NIH 

Agency would have received biggest increase in 5 years
13 Nov

Time Slows When You're on the Fly 

New experiment confirms Einstein's prediction of time dilation to unprecedented precision
13 Nov

Energy Boost Helps Microbes Make Hydrogen 

A little extra electricity enables bug to turn biomass into gaseous fuel
13 Nov

Superbug Knocks Out Patient's Defense 

Strains of MRSA found outside of hospitals destroy white blood cells
12 Nov

New Ape Fossils Found in Africa 

Discovery casts doubt on notion that apes went extinct in Africa and were replaced by others from Eurasia
12 Nov

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