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E-Blast Friday 02.08.13 Breaking Story Animal Magnetism: First Evidence That Magnetism Helps Animals Find Home Today's Video NSF Science Now Picture of the Day Reflection Nebula NGC 1999 New Today on Science360 Radio 'LED Lighting And Energy,' With NSF-Funded Robin Macaluso At University Of Northern Colorado Latest News Placental Mammal Diversity Blossomed After Age Of Dinosaurs Scientists have reconstructed the common ancestor of placental mammals using the world's largest dataset of both genetic and physical traits. Looking For A 'Smoking Gun' In Dinosaur Die-Off Scientists have determined that an impact event occurred at about the same time as the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and that it produced the final atmospheric conditions needed to wipe them out. India Joined With Asia 10 Million Years Later Than Previously Thought Revised timeline suggests that India's size before its collision with Asia was much smaller than generally assumed. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENCE NEWS: Compared With Rodents, Bat Species Carry More Viruses SCIENCE: Shhh, The Ants Are Talking NEW SCIENTIST: Robot Inquisition Keeps Witnesses On The Right Track SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Unhealthy Glow: Fluorescent Tadpoles Expose Chemical Contamination PHYSICS: Synchronized Rolling What the Blogs Are Saying Today QUEST - Geological Sounds NOBEL INTENT - Is Scientific Genius A Thing Of The Past? SCIENTIST AT WORK - Finding Life In A Polar Desert SCILOGS - Carbon In Permafrost And Tomorrow's Atmosphere ARMED WITH SCIENCE - Breaking The Efficiency Barrier Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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