The newest edition of the blog carnival that celebrates the best science, medical and environment writing published on a blog! this is the best edition yet.
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[Mystery bird] photographed on the Katy Prairie, Katy, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] This bird is challenging to identify, can you name the...
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[Mystery bird] photographed on the Katy Prairie, Katy, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] This is a cute but challenging North American species...
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Sky watchers observing from high latitude areas may be in for a treat tonight. Forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have predicted a...
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[Mystery bird] photographed outside the visitor's center for the Serengeti National Park headquarters, Tanzania, Africa. This bird was hanging out at the pool,...
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Ever since a small group of birders and ornithologists from Cornell University published their very controversial claim in Science in 2004 that they captured this...
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[Mystery birds] photographed in the Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir, Tanzania, Africa. Are these two African birds the same species? Can you ID them?
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Hail Crabzilla! The Japanese Spider Crab is the biggest arthropod on Earth--their legs are believed to grow up to 12 feet long. But since they live at such great...
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Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards...
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[Mystery bird] photographed on the South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] This is a stunning...
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A huge oarfish, also known as the ribbonfish, Regalecus glesne, was caught on camera in the Gulf of Mexico, giving scientists a rare glimpse of the bizarre fish in...
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Beetles don't like heavy metal or Rush Limbaugh, suggests new research, but the sounds that really drive them mad are manipulated versions of their own noises....
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[Mystery bird] photographed on the Katy Prairie, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] The angle of this photograph makes this species very...
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[Mystery bird] photographed at the Big Sioux Recreation Area near Brandon, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] This is an often confusing...
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A new PLoS-ONE paper describes the identification of several DNA sequence variants in the myostatin gene, and a genetic association study indicating that these...
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[Mystery bird] photographed in Lyman County, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]. Stunning photograph, gorgeous bird -- can you name the...
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[Mystery bird] photographed in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] This is a stunning African bird --...
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[Mystery bird] photographed in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] This is a stunning African species for you to...
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Scanning electron microscopy reveals that the 155-million-year-old theropod dinosaur, Anchiornis huxleyi, which resembled a large woodpecker, is very colorful: it had...
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Until last week, paleontologists could offer no clear-cut evidence for the color of dinosaurs. Then researchers provided evidence that a dinosaur called...
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