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Is There A “Homer Simpson Effect” Among Scientists?

Despite decades of progress for women in science (and some arguments that no more is needed), the playing field still isn’t level

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Death of a Sea Monster

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An Arctic Ozone Hole?

This is the story of a missing link that never was.

Piltdown Man, Paleoanthropology’s April Fool’s

This is the story of a missing link that never was

South Florida has a problem with giant pythons as demonstrated here by a ranger holding a Burmese python in the Everglades.

Attack of the Giant Pythons

The Smithsonian’s noted bird sleuth, Carla Dove, eyes smelly globs to identify victims in Florida

When a coronal mass ejection reaches Earth, solar particles stream along magnetic field lines, energize gases in the atmosphere and shine as norther lights.

Something New Under the Sun

Scientists are probing deep beneath the surface of our nearest star to calculate its profound effect on Earth

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