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Wired Gary Wolf |
A Simple Plan to ID Every Creature on Earth All over the world, farmers, port inspectors, game wardens, exterminators, building contractors, and, of course, professional biologists are staring at some form of plant or animal life and wondering helplessly what it is.  |
Chemistry World September 22, 2008 Hepeng Jia |
China milk crisis forces food testing rethink China's baby milk crisis has highlighted the need for the country to improve detection standards for chemical contaminants in foods.  |
Chemistry World September 19, 2008 John Bonner |
Filling the antibiotic gap Resistance to currently available antibacterial drugs is causing growing concern among doctors who find themselves unable to treat common infections  |
Chemistry World September 17, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Colloids twist like DNA French scientists have used magnetic colloids to make self-assembling, helical structures reminiscent of DNA  |
Chemistry World September 16, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
BPA Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes The first large-scale epidemiological study examining the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on an adult population has linked exposure to the chemical to health problems including heart disease and diabetes.  |
Scientific American October 2008 Heather Wax |
Using Math to Explain How Life on Earth Began How did self-replicating molecules come to dominate the early earth? Using the mathematics of evolutionary dynamics, Martin A. Nowak can explain the change from no life to life  |
Scientific American October 2008 Michelle Press |
Reviews: Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique Review of The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory and Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique  |
Scientific American September 2008 John Rennie |
All Together Now: Unleashing the Web's Synergistic Possibilities Understanding how novelty emerges from complex systems is a new frontier  |
Scientific American September 2008 Melinda Wenner |
Rethinking the Wrinkling: Key Genes Cause Aging Key genes, rather than cell and DNA damage, as causes of aging.  |
Scientific American September 2008 Michael Tennesen |
Gauging Biodiversity by Listening to Forest Sounds Noise from human activity threatens an animal's reproductive success  |
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