Science Bulletins: Gamers Model AIDS-Related Protein
The structure of a protein controlling growth in the HIV virus eluded scientists for over a decade. Online gamers used Foldit, a competitive protein-modeling ...
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Science Bulletins: Cancer's Evoluntionary Tree
Geneticists can reconstruct the evolutionary history of an organism by analyzing changes in its genetic code that have accumulated over time. Now a team of ...
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Science Bulletins: Space Weather—Storms from the Sun
Once upon a time, back in the twentieth century, the weather was straightforward: it rained or snowed, skies were sunny or cloudy. However, in the twenty-first ...
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Science Bulletins: Introducing the Denisovans
New research led by scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology confirms that a 40000-year-old finger bone and tooth belong to a ...
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Science Bulletins: Chemical Defense Aids "Crazy Ant" Invasion
Invasive fire ants are firmly established in the southeastern United States, defending their territory with venomous stings. But a new invasive species, the tawny ...
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Science Bulletins: Potato Biodiversity—Ensuring the Future
Farmers in the Andes use biodiversity as insurance. The potato, a plant native to the area that is now the world's fourth most important staple crop, is still locally ...
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Science Bulletins: Human Ancestor Went Out On A Limb
A recent study of fossil shoulder bones from a human ancestor reveals that this ancient relative was still well adapted to living in trees, even after the evolution of ...
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Science Bulletins: Our Moon
The peaceful glow of the moonlight in our sky belies a violent history. Evidence suggests that the Moon formed when a Mars-sized object collided with the young ...
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Science Bulletins: Surveying Vietnam
In recent years, scientists from around the world have turned to Vietnam in their search for new plant and animal species. Vietnam harbors an astonishing range ...
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Science Bulletins: Underwater Microscope Zooms in on Tiny Marine Life
Most plankton are too small to be seen with the naked eye. But despite their size, they are vital in marine and freshwater ecosystems, serving as food for larger ...
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Science Bulletins: In Search of Wild Variety
To help build the catalog of life, biologists at AMNH search the globe for species that have never been scientifically described. Discover seven of these new ...
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Science Bulletins: New Horizons Brings Pluto Into Focus
Tiny, faraway Pluto was first spied in 1930. This icy world is one of thousands of rocky bodies that make up the Kuiper Belt, a ring that circles our solar system ...
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Science Bulletins: Quakes from Space
In recent years, scientists have begun using satellite technology to study earthquakes from space. By monitoring the tiniest movements of the Earth's crust, they ...
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Science Bulletins: One of the Earliest Primates Is Identified
Scientists recently uncovered a near-complete fossil skeleton of an ancient primate in China. The 55-million-year-old find presents a unique combination of ...
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Science Bulletins: Greening of the Arctic
In the Arctic, where air temperatures are rising at about twice the global rate, scientists are seeing major shifts in plant life. Trees and shrubs are expanding by ...
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Science Bulletins: Diet Changes In Our Past Helped Harmful Microbes To Thrive
When humans became more dependent on carbohydrates, the diversity in our oral microbiome suffered. Farming brought significant dietary changes to human ...
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Science Bulletins: Eight New "Natural Wonders" Listed
In July, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added eight new natural sites to its World Heritage List. The designation ...
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Science Bulletins: Will the Fish Return?
A series of immense banks—plateaus submerged in relatively shallow ocean waters—stretches from Newfoundland to southern New England. At the ...
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Science Bulletins: Making Medicine from Nature
Three cutting-edge medical technologies inspired by biodiversity. This Bio Bulletin snapshot is third in a series to celebrate the 2010 International Year of ...
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Science Bulletins: Gamma-Ray Bursts—Flashes in the Sky
Gamma-ray bursts—flashes of intense radiation in space that are often just seconds long—were accidentally discovered in the 1960's by satellites built to ...
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Spider Pavilion at the Natural History Museum
The Spider Pavilion is open for six weeks each fall just outside The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It's a creepy crawly and interactive way to ...
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Science Bulletins: PETM - Unearthing Ancient Climate Change
Fifty-five million years ago, a sudden, enormous influx of carbon flooded the ocean and atmosphere for reasons that are still unclear to scientists. What is clear is ...
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Science Bulletins: The Known Universe
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. It is a short flight ...
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Science Bulletins: CLARITY Clears the Path to a See-Through Brain
A new approach to brain imaging called CLARITY could revolutionize how scientists study the brain. Researchers replaced a mouse brain's opaque fats with a ...
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Spiders at Natural History Museum
Spiders at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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Science Bulletins: Oil Spill Poses Risks to Gulf Ecosystems
When the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20, 2010, it set off an oil spill that may exceed the extent and impact of the ...
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