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E-Blast Tuesday 12.03.13 Breaking Story When aluminum outshines gold Today's Video Modeling our future climate Picture of the Day 'Nanosponge vaccine' fights MRSA toxins New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded scientist Orlin Velev develops biologically-inspired devices that generate electricity Latest News Clinical trial shows tongue-controlled wheelchair outperforms popular wheelchair navigation system Study is the first to show that the wireless and wearable Tongue Drive System outperforms sip-and-puff, the most popular assistive technology for controlling a wheelchair. A living desert underground In the perpetual darkness of a limestone cave, researchers have discovered a surprisingly diverse ecosystem of microbes. The mystery of neutron stars heats up Until now, scientists were pretty sure they knew how the surface of a neutron star -- a super dense star that forms when a large star explodes and its core collapses into itself -- can heat itself up. New in the Journals & Magazines SCIENCE : How snakes got their extreme makeovers PHYSICS : Catching dark matter red-handed NATURE : Discovery of organ explains koalas' super-bass notes PNAS: Digital dome SCIENCE NEWS : Cryovolcano What the Blogs Are Saying Today THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - How to burst the 'filter bubble' that protects us from opposing views BAD ASTRONOMY - Remastered masterpiece NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Study upholds reputation of classic parasite NOBEL INTENT - In mice, fear learned by parents is transferred to their offspring WIRED SCIENCE - 10 fun facts about the tuatara (or, just the tuatara of us) Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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