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E-Blast Thursday 10.31.13 Breaking Story Redwood trees reveal history of West Coast rain, fog, ocean conditions Today's Video Chemistry of fear and fright Picture of the Day Ghost-like parasite New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded Sandra Waxman discusses new findings about babies, language & learning Latest News Food inspires lithium-sulfur battery breakthroughs A pair of common kitchen ingredients has inspired researchers' improvement of the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a promising alternative to today's lithium-ion batteries. Eye tracking technology suggests people 'check out' women at first glance Study says women with "hour glass figures" generally regarded more positively. Research finds method to help understand dolphin communications The same algorithm used to find tunes in music retrieval systems has been successfully used to identify the signature whistles of dolphins, according to research. New in the Journals & Magazines PLOS: Building a sea urchin on shifting sands NEW SCIENTIST: Astrophile: Evil twin planet makes other Earths likely PNAS: Water's second glass transition NATURE : No sign of dark matter in underground experiment PHYSICS : A quantum quasicrystal What the Blogs Are Saying Today ESCIENCECOMMONS - The psychology of screams WIRED SCIENCE - The unlikely network at the core of your brain's internet NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Holy SARS origins, batman! KRULWICH WONDERS - Putting on Einstein's glasses QUEST - Seeing the farm through the trees Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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