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E-Blast Friday 12.20.13 Breaking Story Electron's shapeliness throws a curve at supersymmetry Today's Video Rhizocephala Picture of the Day Signs of the emerald ash borer on a tree trunk New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded scientist David Laibson discusses how behavioral economics can help incentivize positive behaviors Latest News Scientists identify genes from oldest lineages of flowering plants A study has identified genes from a number of plant species, including the entire mitochondrial genomes from three green algae and one moss, in the mitochondrial genome of Amborella trichopoda. Oh, the places you'll go--if you're an Atlantic slipper shell Research reveals the biomechanics of how the marine snail, the Atlantic slipper limpet, swims. Modern caterpillars feed at higher temperatures in response to climate change Caterpillars of two species of butterflies have evolved to feed rapidly at higher temperatures and at a broader range of temperatures over the past 40 years, suggesting that they are evolving to cope with a hotter, more variable climate. New in the Journals & Magazines POPULAR SCIENCE: New study finds that Milky Way has four arms, not two POPULAR MECHANICS: A new way to weigh an exoplanet SCIENCE NEWS: Ancient bond holds life together, literally SCIENCE: Old data play hard to get, study finds PLOS: Deducing protein function by forensic integrative cell biology What the Blogs Are Saying Today DEEP-SEA NEWS - This vampire's surprising secret EARTHSKY - Winter solstice as seen from Stonehenge NOBEL INTENT - Pre-modern humans may have picked up genes from Homo erectus NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Confirmed: Narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease THE CRUX - The infested mind: An entomologist's crippling fear of insects Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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