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E-Blast Thursday 12.20.12 Breaking Story Genomic Frontier: The Unexplored Animal Kingdom Today's Video Lake Temperatures Picture of the Day Hawksbill Sea Turtle New Today on Science360 Radio 'Broadening The Genetic Alphabet,' With NSF-Funded Scientists Steven Benner & Floyd Romesberg Latest News Fine Hands, Fists Of Fury Study suggests human hands evolved not only for the manual dexterity needed to use tools, play a violin or paint a work of art, but so men could make fists and fight. Plumes Across The Pacific Deliver Thousands Of Microbial Species To West Coast A surprising number of microorganisms are hitching rides in the upper troposphere and making their way from Asia across the Pacific Ocean and landing in North America. Nanofibers Clean Sulfur From Fuel Researchers developed mats of metal oxide nanofibers that scrub sulfur from petroleum-based fuels much more effectively than do traditional materials. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENCE NEWS : Twin Towers Dust Tied To Some Cancers, Not Others PHYSICS: A Different Kind Of Impact Factor PNAS: Recreational Fishing Selectively Captures Individuals With The Highest Fitness Potential NATURE: Magnetism Flips Heat Flow SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Confections Sans Infections: How Candy Manufacturers Keep Chocolate From Killing You What the Blogs Are Saying Today SCIENTIST AT WORK - Embracing The Pain, For Science DISCOBLOG - Cavemen Were Better At Drawing Animals Than We Are THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Photonic Crystals Reinvent Tungsten Light Bulbs NOBEL INTENT - Biggest Black Holes May Be Ten Times More Massive Than We Thought KRULWICH WONDERS - Suddenly There's A Meadow In The Ocean With 'Flowers' Everywhere Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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