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E-Blast Tuesday 08.21.12 Breaking Story Oil Spill Dispersant Made From Ingredients In Peanut Butter, Chocolate And Ice Cream Today's Video Understanding Viruses Picture of the Day Cholesterol In Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor New Today on Science360 Radio "A Martian Curiosity," With Past NSF Awardee John Grotzinger, Mars Science Lab Project Leader Latest News Why Do The Caribbean Islands Arc? Using earthquake data, earth scientists model the movement of the Earth to a depth of 3,000 km and provide new insights into the strength of continents. Study Reveals The Brain's Mysterious Switchboard Operator A mysterious region deep in the human brain could be where we sort through the onslaught of stimuli from the outside world and focus on the information most important to our behavior and survival. Molecular Code Cracked Scientists have cracked a molecular code that may open the way to destroying or correcting defective gene products, such as those that cause genetic disorders in humans. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: First Evidence Found For Photosynthesis In Insects PHYSICS: Magnetic Fields Explain Lunar Surface Features SCIENCE NEWS: Unusual Virus May Tie Snakes In Knots SCIENCE: How To Line a Thermonuclear Reactor NATURE: Four Fingered Robot Can Replace Flashlight Batteries What the Blogs Are Saying Today NOBEL INTENT - Catalyst Enables Cleaner Diesel Without The Platinum THE SCEPTICAL CHYMIST - Life And Death With Nitrogen THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - The Emerging Revolution In Game Theory GENE EXPRESSION - Why Northern Europeans Are Taller Than Southern Europeans? WILD MUSE - Are Wolves Really All That? Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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