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Hill of Beans

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call

Sandra Day O’Connor

Ain't No Lie

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For Hire: Master Brewer

A few rounds with beermaker Will Meyers

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Memory Blocks

Artist Gunter Demnig builds a Holocaust memorial one stone at a time

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Animal Insight

Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don't

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Signs of Life

Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger analyzes light from distant stars for evidence we're not alone

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Mystery at Sea

How mercury gets into tuna and other fish in the ocean has scientists searching from the coast to the floor

One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook

Ocean-Friendly Eating

A sea life lover's guide to seafood

A gray reef shark swims over corals in remote Kingman Reef in the Line Islands. Researchers believe that a large number of sharks is indicative of healthy reefs.

Deep Trouble

Coral reefs are clearly struggling. The only debate for marine scientists is whether the harm is being done on a local or global scale

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Going "Bycatch Neutral"

Can fisheries eliminate their debts to nature?

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Fishy Business

The problems with fishery management are mounting—and time may be running out

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Seeking Friendlier Skies

Can radar networks eliminate airplane turbulence?

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Richard Lerner

The Tufts University developmental scientist challenges the myth of the troubled adolescent in his new book, "The Good Teen"

Gray wolves were occupying territories throughout Idaho last year, but the overall population fell.

(Re)Call of the Wild

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Today's Great Science Quote

Since early 2004, the Mars rovers have gathered images of rocks and terrain where water, the presumed prerequisite of life, once flowed (an artist's rendition).

Life Beyond Earth

An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we're not alone?

The chimp with the most human-like gait and body type walked upright more efficiently than he knuckle-walked—a finding that study co-author Herman Pontzer calls a snapshot of how this evolution may have taken place. (This composite photograph pays homage to the iconic Evolution of Man.)

Walk This Way

Humans' two-legged gait evolved to save energy, new research says

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Life Unplugged

Bundle up your power cords—wireless energy transfer is here

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Red Rover, Red Rover

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The Iceman Dieth

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