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  Carbon Dioxide Removal Can Lower Costs of Climate Protection

  April 12, 2013 — Directly removing carbon dioxide from the air has the potential to alter the costs of climate change mitigation. It could allow prolonging greenhouse-gas emissions from sectors like transport that ... > full story
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  Maya Long Count Calendar Calibrated to Modern European Calendar Using Carbon-14 Dating

  April 11, 2013 — The Maya are famous for their complex, intertwined calendric systems, and now one calendar, the Maya Long Count, is empirically calibrated to the modern European calendar, according to an ... > full story
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  Warmest Summers in Last Two Decades in Northern Latitudes Were Unprecedented in Six Centuries

  April 11, 2013 — Through developing a statistical model of Arctic temperature and how it relates to instrumental and proxy records derived from trees, ice cores, and lake sediments, scientists have shown that the ... > full story
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  New Technique Measures Evaporation Globally

  April 11, 2013 — Researchers have developed the first method to map evaporation globally using weather stations, which will help scientists evaluate water resource management, assess recent trends of evaporation ... > full story
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  'Seeing' the Flavor of Foods Before Tasting Them

  April 11, 2013 — The eyes sometimes have it, beating out the tongue, nose and brain in the emotional and biochemical balloting that determines the taste and allure of food, a scientist said at a recent meeting. He ... > full story
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  Ice Cloud Heralds Fall at Titan's South Pole

  April 11, 2013 — An ice cloud taking shape over Titan's south pole is the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon. Made from an ... > full story
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  What Happens in the Brain to Make Music Rewarding?

  April 11, 2013 — A new study reveals what happens in our brain when we decide to purchase a piece of music when we hear it for the first time. The study pinpoints the specific brain activity that makes new music ... > full story
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  How 2-Million-Year-Old Ancestor Moved: Sediba's Ribcage and Feet Were Not Suitable for Running

  April 11, 2013 — Researchers have described the anatomy of a single early hominin in six new studies. Australopithecus sediba was discovered near Johannesburg in 2008. The studies demonstrate how our ... > full story
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  Fossilized Teeth Provide New Insight Into Human Ancestor: Species Identified in 2010 Is One of Closest Relatives to Humans

  April 11, 2013 — A dental study of fossilized remains found in South Africa in 2008 provides new support that this species is one of the closest relatives to early ... > full story
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  'Strikingly Similar' Brains of Human and Fly May Aid Mental Health Research

  April 11, 2013 — Scientists have revealed deep similarities in how the brain regulates behavior in arthropods (such as flies and crabs) and vertebrates (such as fish, mice and humans). The findings shed new light on ... > full story

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