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Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand captured the image of these three elephants sloshing through Botswana's Okavango Delta, the world's largest inland delta. The photograph is among...
Blogging the Sea of Cortez
A New England Aquarium expedition is exploring underwater mountains off Mexico's Pacific coast.
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Chaos may make you see 'things'
The possibility of an economic meltdown is bad enough. Worse might be a hasty response born of little more than the powerful human need to impose order - even false order - on a riotous world. (By Colin Nickerson, Boston Globe)
Ike's toll on ecosystem apparent
Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks, and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent. (By Dina Cappiello, AP)
Scientists with funny bones
The Ig Nobel prizes, announced at Harvard University, is an irreverent event that showcases the humorous side of science. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
Protection sought for wolffish
The environmental advocacy group Conservation Law Foundation will petition federal officials to add the US population of wolffish, also known as ocean catfish, to the endangered species list. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Boston Globe)
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- Mars, Wrigley close $23 billion deal, create giant (AP, 10/6/08)
- 3 win Nobel for subatomic physics research (AP, 9:25 a.m.)
- Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat (AP, 10/6/08)
- ADHD drugs cut risk of drug abuse, smoking: study (Reuters, 10/6/08)
- Mars, Wrigley close $23 billion deal, create giant (AP, 10/6/08)
- Genes may explain racial disparities in asthma (Reuters, 10/6/08)
- Sector Snap: Solar stocks plunge amid market dive (AP, 10/6/08)
- Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic (AP, 10/6/08)
- Asteroid to burn up before hitting Earth (Reuters, 10/6/08)
- Scientists develop solar cells with a twist (Reuters, 10/6/08)
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Worcester expanding tree study for beetles
Residents recently discovered six more trees infected with the Asian long-horned beetle. (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
Sticky fingers
Criminals used to avoid detection by wiping or washing away their fingerprints. That no longer works. (By Colin Nickerson, Boston Globe)
Dogfish lures scientists to Maine
With one artery, one vein, and a single duct to excrete the salt, they are elegant models for studying salt-transport mechanisms. (By Murray Carpenter, Globe Correspondent)
(AAAS Photo)Photos: Visual science
A photograph of the tiny suction cups on the arms of a squid (above) received a mention from the International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
New way to make stem cells
Harvard scientists yesterday reported a new way to turn adult cells into stem cells, without using harmful viruses that can cause cancer. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Boston Globe)
When gusts threaten, City Hall's turbine quits
Days after a wind turbine started spinning on the roof of Boston City Hall, its rotor is motionless. City officials say wind gusts this week triggered its safety mechanism, shutting it down. (By Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe)
Hadron Collider shut down for two months
A major helium leak into the tunnel has forced scientists to shut down the huge particle-smashing machine built to simulate the conditions of the "Big Bang". (By Anne Richardson, Reuters)