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- Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
- Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
- Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance
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Study finds how proteins self assemble in the cells of Loligo squid to reflect different wavelengths of light
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Researchers have designed a steel analog of a well-known fastener.
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Study suggests besides the visible plastic, smaller bits are fouling the waters
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Researchers create a material that may one day be used to paste together bones in the body.
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