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Female Professors Downplay Own Careers
Wives in dual-career academic relationships — in which both partners work in academia — are more likely than husbands...
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Dust Dominates Foreign Aerosol Imports to North America
NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles...
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Forest ‘Disruption’ Greater Threat Than Climate Change
Deforestation of protected areas and illegal hunting of endangered species that live there has a greater impact on biodiversity...
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What Sally Ride Did For STEM Education
From the editors at SciAm: Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died on July 23 of pancreatic...
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Electric Car Breaks 500 Mile Barrier
The arguments against an electric car are growing fewer. A vehicle in development by ECOmove – a consortium of...
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BPA Causes Interspecies Mating
The hormone-disrupting chemical makes it hard for some fish to recognize their own species, a problem that could ripple...
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The Spreading Scourge of Corporate Corruption
The misconduct of the financial industry no longer surprises most Americans. Only about one in five has much trust...
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Rights to Resources
Two safeguards for communities’ rights to resources can help implement the Nagoya Protocol, argues biodiversity specialist Krystyna Swiderska. As...
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Going Green: India Bets on Eco-Friendly Tech
Green technology is proving lucrative in India, clean energy investments here were worth $10.3 billion, a growth of 52%...