Scientist Goes Mad for Philanthropy And Teaching
A molecular geneticist has set out to bring serious science to poor and minority students of New York City.
Wallabies And Bats Harbor 'Fossil' Genes From The Most Deadly Family Of Human Viruses
New findings reveal that marsupials harbor a "fossil" copy of a gene that codes for filoviruses, which cause Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers.
Our Brains Are More Like Birds' Than We Thought
New study finds that a comparable region in the brains of chickens concerned with analyzing auditory inputs is constructed similarly to that of mammals.
Wired Science
- Janet Raloff, Science News
Jefferson's Hidden Change To The Declaration
The Nobel Intent
- Casey Johnston
High CO2 Concentrations Can Turn Fish Into Daredevils
EarthSky
- Synnøve Ressem
New Study Says A Sense Of Humor Helps To Keep People Healthy
Discoblog
- Joseph Calamia
Psychology's New Phobia-Fighting Tool: An Augmented Reality Cockroach


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Scientists have discovered that 22 species of passerines--songbirds and perching birds--in the contiguous U.S. are carriers of low-pathogenicity avian influenza.

