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This Week: Making a Cardboard House
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A Canadian scientist has found a way to make a waterproof, durable building material - using cardboard as a raw material
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Blog Mars: from God of War to habitable planet: Bob McDonald
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Our fascination with Mars has gone from myths to our best hope for life on another world, and perhaps for a new home for humans. On May 30 the Red Planet makes its closest swing past Earth in 11 years.
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Saturday February 20, 2016
8 technologies that will change medicine
Eight technologies that will change medicine
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Saturday May 28, 2016
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Meerkats eat to compete in survival of fattest
Size is likely to determine who gets to breed in meerkat clans, so rival females, in line for the throne, watch each other's weight and eat to keep up. More
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Purple martins keep invasive fire ants in check
Purple martin songbirds are supplementing their normal diet with the nutritious but invasive queen fire ants, captured during the ants' mating flights More
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Helpless babies make for smart parents
An evolutionary feedback linking the size of babies' brains, their helplessness at birth, and the need for intelligent parents to care for them, may have shaped human history More
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Arctic warming is shrinking the red knot shorebird
The Red Knot has become 15% smaller due to lack of food on its breeding ground, which is making them less able to feed in wintering grounds as well. More
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Spectacular horned dinosaur joins the club
A new relative of triceratops has unique horns and a spiked frill More
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Supernova shrapnel hits our solar system
Iron generated by the fury of a nearby and recent stellar explosion has been detected by a NASA mission More
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