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E-Blast Thursday 02.14.13 Breaking Story Biodiversity Protects Against Disease, Scientists Find Today's Video Survival Of Trees Picture of the Day Hummingbird Courtship Displays And Acoustics New Today on Science360 Radio 'Monogamy In The Animal Kingdom,' With Bruce Cushing, NSF Program Director & University Of Akron Behavioral Neuroscientist Latest News Engineers Show Feasibility Of Superfast Materials Engineers demonstrate that it is feasible to build the first organic materials that conduct electricity on their edges, but act as an insulator inside. Flu Outbreaks Modeled By Study Of Classroom Schedules Classroom rosters combined with human-networking theory may give a clearer picture of just how infectious diseases such as influenza can spread through a closed group of people, and even through populations at large. Geologists Quantify And Characterize Sediment Carried by 2011 Mississippi Flood to Louisiana's Wetlands Study shows that floods reaped environmental benefits -- transporting and laying down new sediment in portions of the Delta -- that may help maintain the area's wetlands. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENCE: The Curious Case Of The Lusty Wasps NEW SCIENTIST: Asteroid To Give Earth A Record Close Shave On Friday SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Adobe Homes In Peru's Andes Tell Centuries-Old Toxic Tale PLOS: Barcoding Life's Matrix: Translating Biodiversity Genomics Into High School Settings To Enhance Life Science Education NATURE: Dual Collisions Shaped Proto-Planet What the Blogs Are Saying Today COOL GREEN SCIENCE - A Bower Bird's Lessons Of Courtship QUEST - On The Elephant Seal Dating Scene, It's All About Bravado THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - How "Bullet Time" Will Revolutionise Exascale Computing THE SCEPTICAL CHYMIST - Barium Bright And Heavy THE ABSTRACT - The Big Picture: Helping Companies Make Products We Actually Want Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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