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E-Blast Friday 09.21.12 Breaking Story Bacteria's Key Innovation Helps Understand Evolution Today's Video Sea Levels On The Move Picture of the Day "Icy Slopes" New Today on Science360 Radio "The Water Energy Nexus," With NSF-Funded University Of Texas Engineer Michael Webber Latest News Move To Less Impoverished Neighborhoods Boosts Physical And Mental Health Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency. Treating Disease by the Numbers Mathematicians partner with doctors to explore more efficient treatments. Climate Scientists Put Predictions To The Test Study shows that climate-prediction models are good at predicting long-term climate patterns on a global scale but lose their edge when applied to time frames shorter than 3 decades and on sub-continental scales. New in the Journals & Magazines NATURE: Dawn Spacecraft Finds Signs Of Water On Vesta SCIENCE: Mulling Over A Decision Makes People More Selfish, Study Suggests PHYSICS: Electrons That Take The Heat SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: People Can Be Tricked Into Reversing Their Opinions On Morality NEW SCIENTIST: Breathing Nanotubes Pop Out Buckyballs Like Peas From A Pod What the Blogs Are Saying Today NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Will We Ever... Photosynthesize Like Plants? THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - History, As Recorded On Twitter, Is Vanishing From The Web, Say Computer Scientists ESCIENCECOMMONS - Measuring The Healing Power Of Touch 80BEATS - Material Will Finally Let Us Convert Waste Heat To Electricity ANTHROPOLOGY IN PRACTICE - Likability: Revisiting The Psychology Of Liking Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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