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This photo won the Natural World category of the magazine's 5th Annual Photo Contest. The deadline for the 7th is December 1. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/
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Geckos, tiny dinosaurs, cave man couture, and more
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It's where our water goes that made me blink: 49 percent is used in the production of electricity.
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Since Darwin's time, scientists have puzzled over his wolf-like canid, now known as the Falklands wolf
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New species are born in the turbulence of the Congo River
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The presence of the rooster's wattle has long been a puzzle because it seems to serve no purpose.
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You may recognize Felicia Day as Dr. Horrible's red-haired obsession (or maybe from that appliance commercial). And if you've been reading this blog, you probably have heard of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Surprising Science Happy Halloween!
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Here's a shocker: Horror films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre don't get the chainsaw spatter right
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Though different colors, the stars in the Jewel Box all formed from the same cloud of dust and gas, are about the same age and have similar chemical compositions. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/
Surprising Science It's the last post for Vaccine Week (tomorrow, we return to regularly-scheduled programming)...
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Today we answer some of the more common questions about the swine flu vaccine.
Surprising Science Day 3 of Vaccine Week...
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A small percentage choose not to be vaccinated (or not to have their children vaccinated). It’s been this way since Edward Jenner began smallpox vaccinations
Surprising Science Day 2 of Vaccine Week...
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Once one of the world’s most dreaded diseases, smallpox killed as many as 30 percent of people who became infected with it and left survivors deeply scarred
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In light of President Obama’s declaration of “national emergency” imposed
by the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, Surprising Science is setting this
week aside to discuss the history and science of vaccines and their
importance in battling viruses and diseases, including swine flu.
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More than two millennia ago in China or India, someone noticed that people who suffered and recovered from certain diseases never became reinfected.
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Who would think a copper mine could be so pretty? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/
Surprising Science From the November issue...
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In Worcester, Massachusetts, authorities are battling an invasive insect that is poised to devastate the forests of New England
