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E-Blast Tuesday 12.31.13 Breaking Story Bats use blood to reshape tongue for feeding Today's Video The colorful chemistry of lobster shells Picture of the Day Hydrodynamic propulsion of water striders New Today on Science360 Radio Best of 2013: NSF-funded scientist Harry Klee discusses tomatoes and getting the flavor back 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. Novel techniques allow discovery of smallest super-Earth exoplanets An astronomer has discovered perhaps the smallest super-Earth planet in its host star habitable zone. Scientists discover workings of brain's 'GPS system' A study provides evidence for how the brain determines the body's location as it moves through its surroundings. New in the Journals & Magazines PNAS : Motor memories in perpetual motion NATURE: Triple-threat method sparks hope for fusion PHYSICS : Computational materials discovery goes platinum SCIENCE : New staph vaccine shows promise in rabbits SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Strange new worlds: The amazing alien planet discoveries of 2013 What the Blogs Are Saying Today EARTHSKY - Use of media can save lives in bad storms WIRED SCIENCE - WIRED's top science stories of the year THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Best of 2013: Redesigned window stops sound but not air COOL GREEN SCIENCE - My bird of the year! (What was yours?) D-BRIEF - Wisconsin uses cheese brine to keep roads clear of ice Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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