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E-Blast Thursday 01.09.14 Breaking Story Organic mega flow battery promises breakthrough for renewable energy Today's Video Science of the Winter Olympics: Physics of slope-style skiing Picture of the Day The ancient, long-snouted Bandringa shark New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-funded Ivan Valiela discusses importance of conserving mangroves Latest News A 1 percent measure of the universe A team of researchers has measured the distances to galaxies more than 6 billion light-years away to an unprecedented accuracy of just 1 percent. Infants show ability to tell friends from foes Even before babies have language skills or much information about social structures, they can infer whether others are likely to be friends by observing their likes and dislikes, a study on infant cognition has found. Fungi may determine the future of soil carbon Microscopic fungi that live in plants' roots play a major role in the storage and release of carbon from the soil into the atmosphere, according to a team of researchers. New in the Journals & Magazines POPULAR SCIENCE: Brown dwarfs racked by planet-sized storms of molten iron POPULAR MECHANICS: The true colors of ancient reptiles revealed SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Bizarre star could host a neutron star in its core SCIENCE NEWS: Migraines respond to great expectations PLOS: A field guide to genomics research What the Blogs Are Saying Today THE LOOM - Evolution hidden in plain sight SCILOGS - Hanging in there NOBEL INTENT - Why tropical forests have more tree species than US and Canada combined ARMED WITH SCIENCE - Honey, I shrank the optical fiber ESCIENCECOMMONS - Look, up in the sky: It's a sun dog! Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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