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E-Blast Friday 01.03.14 Breaking Story Researchers find ways to minimize power grid disruptions from wind power Today's Video Core of the problem: The fire history of New Zealand's landscape Picture of the Day Lake Chad and the Seuss Glacier New Today on Science360 Radio Featuring NSF-funded engineer and educator Isabel Escobar at the University of Toledo Latest News Studies give strong boost to binary star formation theory Using the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, scientists have discovered previously-unseen binary companions to a pair of very young protostars. Scientists get closer to discovering the origin of RNA Chemists have shown how molecules that may have been present on early Earth can self-assemble into structures that could represent a starting point of RNA. Atlas Mountains in Morocco are buoyed up by superhot rock The Atlas Mountains defy the standard model for mountain structure in which high topography must have deep roots for support, according to a team of Earth scientists. New in the Journals & Magazines POPULAR MECHANICS: Mini implantable microscopes to watch living cells inside the body POPULAR SCIENCE: A silent isolation room for satellites NEW SCIENTIST: GPS satellites suggest the Earth is heavy with dark matter PLOS: How brain waves help us make sense of speech SCIENCE: 'Jumping genes' linked to schizophrenia What the Blogs Are Saying Today PLUGGED IN - What the world of 2014 looks like, according to Isaac Asimov in 1964 NOBEL INTENT - Lost photos of Antarctic expedition uncovered EARTHSKY - When can you see the Earth's shadow? SCILOGS - Nitrogen's intense impact BAD ASTRONOMY - Yes, that picture of the moon and the Andromeda galaxy is about right Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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