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  Scientists to Jupiter's Moon Io: Your Volcanoes Are in the Wrong Place

  April 4, 2013 — Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, with hundreds of volcanoes, some erupting lava fountains up to 250 miles high. However, concentrations of volcanic ... > full story
• Stem Cells
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  3-D Printer Can Build Synthetic Tissues

  April 4, 2013 — A custom-built programmable 3-D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, scientists have ... > full story
• Climate
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  Discovery of 1,800-Year-Old 'Rosetta Stone' for Tropical Ice Cores

  April 4, 2013 — Scientists report a set of ice cores from Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru which can serve as a "Rosetta Stone" for studying other ice cores from around the ... > full story
• Dolphins and Whales
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  Dwarf Whale Survived Well Into Ice Age

  April 4, 2013 — Research detailing the fossil of a dwarf baleen whale from Northern California reveals that it avoided extinction far longer than previously ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Snow and Avalanches
   
  

  2013 Wintertime Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Fifth Lowest on Record

  April 3, 2013 — During the cold and dark of Arctic winter, sea ice refreezes and achieves its maximum extent, usually in late Feb. or early Mar. According to a NASA analysis, this year the annual maximum extent was ... > full story
• Climate
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  Ancient Pool of Warm Water Questions Current Climate Models

  April 3, 2013 — A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and South America four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes. ... > full story

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  Thin Clouds Drove Greenland's Record-Breaking 2012 Ice Melt

  April 3, 2013 — If the sheet of ice covering Greenland were to melt in its entirety tomorrow, global sea levels would rise by 24 feet. Three million cubic kilometers of ice won't wash into the ocean overnight, but ... > full story
• Saturn
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  NASA Team Investigates Complex Chemistry at Saturn's Moon Titan

  April 3, 2013 — A laboratory experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the ... > full story
• Water
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  Same-Day Water Pollution Test Could Keep Beaches Open More Often

  April 3, 2013 — With warm summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter-weary people, scientists are reporting that use of a new water quality test this year could prevent unnecessary beach closures ... > full story
• Water
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  Papyrus Plant Detox for Slaughterhouses

  April 3, 2013 — Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Now ... > full story

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