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E-Blast Wednesday 10.24.12 Breaking Story Explaining The Connection Between Hawaii's Dueling Volcanoes Today's Video Science Of Speed: Momentum And Time Picture of the Day Leopard Seal On The Prowl New Today on Science360 Radio "Coral-Lation" – Highlighting Oregon State Research About Overfishing, Nitrate Pollution & Coral Reefs Latest News Measuring Climate Variability And Conflict Risk In East Africa Study shows that the risk of human conflict in East Africa increases somewhat with hotter temperatures and drops a bit with higher precipitation, but concludes that socioeconomic, political and geographic factors play a much more substantial role than climate change. Gender Discrimination A Factor In Choosing Biology Over Physics Both male and female scientists view gender discrimination as a major reason women choose to pursue careers in biology rather than physics. Rice Agriculture Accelerates Global Warming Research finds that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, coupled with rising temperatures, is making rice agriculture a larger source of the potent greenhouse gas methane. New in the Journals & Magazines POPULAR MECHANICS: World's Top Supercomputer Simulates The Human Heart DISCOVER: Into The Permian Woods PHYSICS: How Cytoplasm Generates Its Own Smooth Flow SCIENCE NEWS: Hind Wings Gave Four-Winged Dino Flight Control NATURE: Easter Island Statues "Walked" Out Of Quarry What the Blogs Are Saying Today GENE EXPRESSION - Dogs, Domesticated Before Agriculture NOBEL INTENT - Tracking Light In, Essentially, A Tiny Pinball Machine THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Phone Call Data Reveals How Pace Of Life Accelerates In Cities WIRED SCIENCE - Variety Is The Spice Of Life KRULWICH WONDERS - How Human Beings Almost Vanished From Earth In 70,000 B.C. Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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