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E-Blast Monday 12.17.12 Breaking Story Nanocrystals Not Small Enough To Avoid Defects Today's Video Rising CO2 Levels Make Forests Work Overtime Picture of the Day Humming Birds And Climate Change New Today on Science360 Radio 'Stone Tools Reveal More About Early Ancestors' – Highlighting NSF-Funded Research Reported In Nature Latest News Climate Warming Unlikely To Cause Near-Term Extinction Of Amazon Tree Species Genetic analyses show that some common Amazon tree species are more than 8 million years old and have endured past periods of climate warming. Congress Works Better Than Many May Think, Research Shows Scholars find that the perception of Congress as a gridlocked institution is overblown and that political friction has a limited influence on productivity. Building Better Structural Materials A research team's findings could help physicists and engineers create stronger, longer-lasting materials and also help earth scientists understand tectonic events and seismicity. New in the Journals & Magazines PLOS: Equal Inheritance: Genome Management For Proliferating Parasites NEW SCIENTIST: Satellite Upgrade Should Let Planes Slash Emissions SCIENCE NEWS: Moon Probes Set For Smashing End POPULAR SCIENCE: New Venomous Primate Species Discovered In Borneo POPULAR MECHANICS: What Happens When You Remove A Dam? What the Blogs Are Saying Today DUKE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH BLOG - Deeper Voice Still Wins, Even In 'Feminine' Leadership Roles THE THOUGHTFUL ANIMAL - What Is Operant Conditioning? (and How Does It Explain Driving Dogs?) GLOBE SCIENTISTS BLOG - The Common Thread Between Science And Art: Creativity PLUGGED IN - The Next 'GPS' Of Data? PLOS BLOGS - Algal Ancestor Shows How Deadly Pathogens Proliferate Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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