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  Research Examines Ancient Puebloans and the Myth of Maize

  April 2, 2013 — New research shows that perhaps the ancient Puebloans weren't as into the maize craze as once thought. Nikki Berkebile has been studying the subsistence habits of Puebloans, or Anasazi, who lived on ... > full story
• Sports Medicine
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  New Study Aims to Prevent Sports-Related Brain Injury in Youngsters

  March 29, 2013 — Ice hockey accounts for nearly half of all traumatic brain injuries among children and youth participating in organized sports who required a trip to an emergency department in Canada, according to a ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  Cold Cities Less Sustainable Than Warm Cities, Research Suggests

  March 28, 2013 — Living in colder climates in the US is more energy demanding than living in warmer climates. Scientists have calculated that climate control in the coldest large metropolitan area in the country ... > full story
• Solar System
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  Saturn Is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests; Moons and Rings Date Back to Solar System's Birth

  March 27, 2013 — A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth. Though they are tinted on ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Summer Melt Season Getting Longer on Antarctic Peninsula

  March 27, 2013 — New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over the last 60 years. Increased summer melting has been linked to the rapid break-up of ice ... > full story
• Weather
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  Climate Models Are Not Good Enough, Researcher Argues

  March 25, 2013 — Only a few climate models were able to reproduce the observed changes in extreme precipitation in China over the last 50 ... > full story
• Fossils
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  First Migration from Africa Less Than 95,000 Years Ago: Ancient Hunter-Gatherer DNA Challenges Theory of Early out-of-Africa Migrations

  March 22, 2013 — Recent measurements of the rate at which children show DNA changes not seen in their parents -- the "mutation rate" -- have challenged views about major dates in human evolution. In particular these ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Global Nitrogen Availability Consistent for Past 500 Years Linked to Carbon Levels

  March 21, 2013 — Despite humans increasing nitrogen production through industrialization, nitrogen availability in many ecosystems has remained steady for the past 500 years, a new study ... > full story
• Earthquakes
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  Roman Mausoleum Tested for Ancient Earthquake Damage

  March 20, 2013 — A Roman mausoleum was knocked off-kilter, and the likely cause was an earthquake, according to a new detailed ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  For Polar Bears, It's Survival of the Fattest

  March 19, 2013 — One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world – and the best studied – is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on ... > full story

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