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E-Blast Wednesday 12.04.13 Breaking Story Secrets to 'extreme adaptation' found in Burmese python genome Today's Video New Zealand pine invasion Picture of the Day Smaller black holes can eat plenty New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded Brown and Yale study shows human and rat brains adapt in a similar way to errors. Latest News Researchers revise Darwin's thinking on invasive species Model could lead to a new way of gauging the potential of invasive species, a major ecological and economic concern as plants and animals have spread into new habitats around the planet. Culling vampire bats to stem rabies in Latin America can backfire Culling vampire bat colonies to stem the transmission of rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus and could even have the reverse effect, according to researchers. Loss of wetland biodiversity increases disease risk in frogs Amphibians in species-poor wetlands have a higher risk of becoming infected with a virulent parasite than those in wetlands with a rich diversity of species, says study. New in the Journals & Magazines POPULAR MECHANICS : The next generation of exoskeleton will be mind-controlled SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Dispute over infinity divides mathematicians NATURE : Museums hunt for relics from genomics' early days POPULAR SCIENCE : Humans share food chain level with pigs, study finds PNAS: Quantifying causal emergence shows that macro can beat micro What the Blogs Are Saying Today THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Data mining reveals the secret to getting good answers NOBEL INTENT - Scientist-developed malware covertly jumps air gaps using inaudible sound KRULWICH WONDERS - How to keep the dust off your white pants with 7 desk fans D-BRIEF - A Brazilian wildcat is actually two separate species NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Scent of opposite sex shortens lives of flies and worms Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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