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E-Blast Wednesday 01.08.14 Breaking Story New-found planet has Earth's mass but is gassy Today's Video Researchers develop advanced 3-D 'force microscope' Picture of the Day Worker wasps grow visual brains; queens stay in the dark New Today on Science360 Radio Scientists at NSF-funded NCAR come up with way to forecast U.S. heat waves two weeks ahead Latest News Synthetic genetic clock checks the thermometer Scientists have developed a method to make robust synthetic gene circuits that can adjust to changing temperatures. Discovery spotlights key role of mystery RNA modification in cells A research team has discovered a fundamental new way that cells change and control gene expression, through regulated messenger RNA decay. Babbling babies -- responding to one-on-one 'baby talk' -- master more words Study finds that what spurs early language development isn't so much the quantity of words as the style of speech and social context in which speech occurs. New in the Journals & Magazines NATURE : Shipwreck points to 18th century race to colonize New Zealand PNAS: False memories in people with extraordinary memory ability PHYSICS: Better than diffraction NEW SCIENTIST: U.S. freeze has nothing to do with a 'polar vortex' SCIENCE : Muscle molecule spurs fat cells to slim down What the Blogs Are Saying Today KRULWICH WONDERS - 'You're invisible, but I'll eat you anyway.' Secrets of snow-diving foxes EARTHSKY - How do snowflakes get their shape? QUEST - Prairie power NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Your disease in a dish D-BRIEF - Super-thin electronics can wrap around single hair — and still work Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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