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ENVIRONMENT

• A Mud-Loving, Iron-Lunged, Jelly-Eating Ecosystem Savior Wired.com
• Gulf Coast May Be Permanently Changed by Oil Spill Wired.com
• Mediterranean Is Scary Laboratory of Ocean Futures Wired.com
• The User’s Guide to Earth Wired.com
• Global Warnings Momentum
• In the Bowels of Carnivorous Plants, a Tiny Model of the World Wired.com

ANIMALS

• America’s Most Common Bat Headed for Eastern Extinction
• Rudiments of Language Discovered in Monkeys Wired.com
• Blue Whale Song Mystery Baffles Scientists Wired.com
• Frank Bruni, Rich A**holes and Bluefin Tuna as Gucci Handbag True/Slant
• Tuna Ranch Hormone Cocktail Could Save Bluefin Wired.com
• Whales Might Be People, Too Wired.com
• Free-Range Research Could Save Chimps — and Our Conscience Wired.com
• Hacking Salmon’s Mental Compass to Save Endangered Fish Wired.com
• Chimps: Not Human, But Are They People? Wired.com
• Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica? Wired.com

HEALTH & MEDICINE

• Three-Parent Embryos Could Prevent Disease, But Raise Ethical Issues Wired.com
• Rare Gene Glitch a Clue to Genomics Mystery Wired.com
• Longevity Research: Is Aging a Disease? Proto
• Swine Flu Ancestor Born on U.S. Factory Farms Wired.com
• Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blind Monkeys Wired.com
• Gene Therapy: Is Death an Acceptable Risk? Wired.com
• Chemical Burden Adbusters
• Hacking the Human Life Span Wired.com

BIOLOGY

• Searching for Network Laws in Slime Wired.com
• The Social Lives of Plants Wired.com
• New Form of Gene Regulation Hints at Hidden Dimension of DNA Wired
• Linux vs. Genome in Network Challenge Wired.com
• The Human Genome in 3 Dimensions Wired.com
• To Understand the Blueprint of Life, Crumple It Wired.com
• Cellular Counter Brings Computer Tools to Life Wired.com
• Scientists Synthesize Life’s Prologue Wired.com
• Howard Hughes’ Nightmare: Space May Be Filled With Germs Wired.com
• Biologists Take Evolution Beyond Darwin — Way Beyond Wired.com
• Modern Medical Research Rests on a Bunch of Inbred Mice Wired.com

TECHNOLOGY

• Between the Lines Proto
• Computer Program Self-Discovers Laws of Physics Wired.com
• Humans No Match for Go Bot Overlords Wired.com
• Cloned Puppies: Sure, They’re Cute, But at What Cost? Wired.com
• Chinese DNA gives life to an American tree Plenty
• Vikram Kumar Nature Medicine
• It’s Alive (ish) Wired.com

ANTHROPOLOGY

• Evolution of Fairness Driven by Culture, Not Genes Wired.com
• Altruism’s Bloody Roots Wired.com
• Possible New Human Ancestor Discovered Wired.com
• Bone Crunching Debunks ‘First Monkey’ Ida Fossil Hype Wired.com
• Humanity Has New 4.4 Million-Year-Old Baby Mama Wired.com

GREENCETERA

• LEED The Way Stanford Social Innovation Review
• The Man Behind the Mangoes Plenty

CULTURE

• Across Asian Middle America: Bangor, ME Hyphen Magazine
• Christian Theologians Prepare for Extraterrestrial Life Wired.com
• Animals Get Freaky at Museum of Sex Wired.com
• Watson Resigns From Lab: Last Thoughts on a Clouded Legacy Wired.com
• Former Evangelical Minister Has a New Message: Jesus Hearts Darwin Wired.com