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| Read More » Why Are Industrial Chemicals in Food Not Safety Tested? (Op-Ed) Jennifer Sass is a senior scientist with the NRDC. This article is adapted from her post to the NRDC blog Switchboard. Sass contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights Read More » Does Your Dog Love You? Yawn and Find Out (Op-Ed)  | Dognition, a website that helps owners find the genius in their dogs. Some of the content from this post is adapted from their New York Times bestselling book The Genius of Dogs. Hare and Woods contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
| Read More » Star Birth Drama Captured by Giant Radio Telescope (Photos)  | A huge radio telescope in Chile has captured dazzling new views of a baby star lighting up an interstellar cloud with jets of gas streaking through deep space at record-breaking speeds.
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| Read More » Understanding Why Science Research is Translated into News: A Survey for Journalists, Bloggers  | Understanding Why Science Research is Translated into News: A Survey for Journalists, Bloggers
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| Read More » Ancient Artificial Harbor Found in Israel  | Archaeologists say they have discovered massive fortifications on the coast of Israel that may have protected an Assyrian artificial harbor during the Iron Age more than 2,700 years ago.
| Read More » Blue Moon Majesty Wows Stargazers (Photos)  | Last night's Blue Moon captivated stargazers around the world.
| Read More » Stars' Twinkling Light Reveals Gravity Strength The way a star flickers can shed light on the strength of gravity's pull on its surface, researchers say. And discovering more about a star's pull can yield key insights on its evolutionary state and on any planets that might orbit it, scientists added. Read More » Who Knew? Apes Can Swim and Dive  | For the first time, researchers have documented a behavior that had been thought unnatural, if not impossible: apes swimming.
| Read More » Origin of MERS Virus Found in Bats The virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been found in bats in Saudi Arabia, suggesting a potential origin for the disease, according to a new study. Read More » How Deadly H7N9 Flu Could Jump from Birds to Mammals  | Chinese researchers have found new clues to the origins of the deadly H7N9 flu virus, and also found a new flu virus lurking in birds that could potentially infect mammals.
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