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E-Blast Tuesday 12.24.13 Breaking Story IceCube Neutrino Observatory provides first indication of high-energy neutrinos from outside the solar system Today's Video Sustainability: Water - The Water Cycle Picture of the Day Dark Energy Camera New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded Aydogan Ozcan discusses testing for food allergens with your cell phone Latest News Voyager 1 spotted from Earth Earlier this year, the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array telescope turned its gaze to Voyager 1 and captured an image of this iconic spacecraft's faint radio signal. Ancestor of snakes, lizards likely gave birth to live young An ancestor of snakes and lizards likely gave birth to live young, rather than laid eggs, and over time species have switched back and forth in their preferred reproductive mode, research shows. Study challenges long-held assumption of gene expression in embryonic stem cells Researchers have determined that the transcription factor Nanog, which plays a critical role in the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells, is expressed in a manner similar to other pluripotency markers. New in the Journals & Magazines NEW SCIENTIST: First nanotube computer could spark carbon revolution SCIENCE: English may have retained words from an ice age language SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Kepler telescope finds plethora of Earth-sized planets POPULAR SCIENCE: Deceased researcher's message in a bottle discovered in the Arctic POPULAR MECHANICS: Jupiter's moon Europa is bursting with icy geysers What the Blogs Are Saying Today D-BRIEF - NASA plans to grow first plants on the moon PLOS BLOGS - Fish beware – a new species of parasite is discovered NOBEL INTENT - Down under, deception runs rampant SCILOGS - The gifts under the tree KRULWICH WONDERS - What chickadees have that I want. Badly Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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