It can be overwhelming to think of the immense array of special shoes, insoles and orthotics available to relieve any manner of…
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Aggregators Walk like a Camel (or a Giraffe)Read more
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Aggregators Antarctic bacteria float through winterRead more
As the Northern Hemisphere shivers through winter, bacteria in Antarctica are employing an inventive strategy to survive the extreme cold: they use…
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Creative re-use A geologist finds his way in a fossil forest (and makes a map for the rest of us)Read more
The rich colors and textures of Petrified Forest National Park represent millions of years of geological time, climate change, and peculiar…
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Internet/Blogging PLOS ONE News and Blog RoundupRead more
This January, PLOS ONE papers caught the media’s eye for research on shark embryos, trustworthy brown eyes, acts of kindness, and more…
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Aggregators No sense of direction? Consider consulting some carpRead more
The ability to navigate using the earth’s magnetic field is a skill that is not unique to humans. Over the last few…
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Aggregators Cervical Health Awareness MonthRead more
Health risks can be frightening, but ignorance to these risks can be even more terrifying. In the past, we have discussed a…
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Aggregators It’s late January; do you know where your resolutions are?Read more
New Year’s festivities have come and gone, and now, a few weeks into 2013, a few earnestly made resolutions may have fallen…
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Aggregators The Downside of Sharing: Winter BugsRead more
Unfortunately, increasing numbers of us are experiencing this year’s particularly brutal seasonal flu (most frequently influenza A, subtype H3N2). The CDC’s latest…
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Author Spotlight New fossil suggests giant ‘killer walrus’ was just a toothy fish-eaterRead more
Sea lions, otters, humpback whales and harbor seals are familiar sights to most native Californians today, but the waters off this coastline…
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Aggregators Targeting Drug Resistant TumorsRead more
The vibrant colors in the image above show the levels of oxygen saturation in a breast tumor; note the prevalence of shades…
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Aggregators Greetings from Lake Socompa! A Diversity of Life in Extreme ConditionsRead more
The photo above comes to us from a remote part of the Andes, at the base of the active volcano Socompa. Lake…
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Aggregators Announcing the World Register of Marine Species CollectionRead more
The ocean teems with millions of plants, animals and other organisms, and keeping track of this vast inventory can be quite a…