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E-Blast Thursday 10.04.12 Breaking Story Surprising Black-Hole Discovery Changes Picture Of Globular Star Clusters Today's Video A Born Chemist: Isiah Warner Picture of the Day Angelfish New Today on Science360 Radio "Shared Solar," With NSF-Funded Columbia University Mechanical Engineer Vijay Modi Latest News Home-Based Assessment Tool For Dementia Screening Newly developed computer software, patterned after the paper-and-pencil Clock Drawing Test, allows adults to screen themselves for early signs of dementia. One Glue, Two Functions Researchers have discovered that the common house spider performs the uncommon feat of producing two different adhesive strengths with one glue. Marine Plants Can Flee To Avoid Predators A species of phytoplankton responds to predators by swimming away from them, according to study. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENCE NEWS: Right Eye Required For Finding Mrs. Right NATURE: Mother's Stress Slows Learning NEW SCIENTIST: Black Mamba Venom Makes A Great Painkiller PLOS BIOLOGY: Striking Similarities In Fly And Vertebrate Olfactory Network Formation SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Cellular Calls: Listening In On Body's Protein "Chatter" May Lead To New Therapies What the Blogs Are Saying Today 80BEATS - Got Allergies? Scientists Engineer A Cow That Makes Hypoallergenic Milk KRULWICH WONDERS - Are Those Spidery Black Things On Mars Dangerous? (Maybe) WIRED SCIENCE - Three Sisters In Oregon: A Volcanic Gem DEEP-SEA NEWS - Plastics Expedition Departs For North Pacific THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Hypothesis: Plasma Membrane Vibrations Act As Cellular Heartbeat Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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