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E-Blast Thursday 04.11.13 Breaking Story Clinging To Crevices, E. Coli Thrive Today's Video Brewing Storms Picture of the Day Device Reveals What Snow Looks Like In Midair New Today on Science360 Radio NSF-Funded Anna Balazs At The University Of Pittsburgh Talks About Synthetic Robot Skin Latest News Redesigned Material Could Lead To Lighter, Faster Electronics Chemists have developed a method for making a material that conducts electrons 10 times faster than silicon. Bean Leaves Can Trap Bedbugs, Researchers Find Researchers have documented how microscopic hairs on kidney bean leaves effectively stab and trap the biting insects, inspiring scientists to develop materials that can do the same. Subconscious Mental Categories Help Brain Sort Through Everyday Experiences According to researchers, the brain breaks experiences into the "events," or related groups that help us mentally organize the day's many situations, using subconscious mental categories it creates. New in the Journals & Magazines GEOLOGY : Potentially Induced Earthquakes In Oklahoma, USA NATURE: Diamonds Tick Like Atomic Clocks NEW SCIENTIST: Saturn's Rings Leave Ghostly Imprint On Atmosphere PNAS: A 'Slow' Protein Folds Quickly In The End SCIENCE : Giant Dinosaurs Got A Head Start On Growth What the Blogs Are Saying Today KRULWICH WONDERS - Don't Go Near The World's Champion Rainbow Watcher. It's Mean. Very Mean THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - Twitter Happiness Levels Soar As People Travel Further From Home NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - Getting Better Views Of Brains By Turning Them Invisible D-BRIEF - Baby Birds Blackmail Parents For More Food WIRED SCIENCE - The Many Mysterious Forms Of Water On Mars Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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