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80beats

80beats is DISCOVER’s news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day’s most compelling topics.

• Look At This: An X-Ray Diffraction Image of Martian Soil

– October 31, 2012 1:19 PM

• Numbers, Pictures, Climate Change: Stories From Sandy

– October 31, 2012 1:06 PM

• To Eat a Triceratops, Tear It Apart

– October 26, 2012 2:29 PM

The Crux

Bright ideas about important, timely issues in science and technology.

• Nocebo Doubt About It: “Wind Turbine Syndrome” Is Catching

– October 23, 2012 11:22 AM

• How Much Detail Should a Presidential Candidate Spill? Your Answer Depends on Your Brain

– October 19, 2012 11:11 AM

• Why Red Bull’s Stratos Jump Was Just a Publicity Stunt—and Only Partially Successful

– October 16, 2012 1:36 PM

Not Exactly Rocket Science

Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required.

• In which I chat to the MIT science writing class about science writing

– October 31, 2012 11:12 AM

• 12-year-old uses Dungeons and Dragons to help scientist dad with his research

– October 30, 2012 8:00 PM

• Breaking habits with a flash of light

– October 29, 2012 3:00 PM

Bad Astronomy

I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.

• They Came From Outer Space

– October 31, 2012 6:00 AM

• A wind is rising

– October 30, 2012 9:49 AM

• Looking up to Saturn

– October 30, 2012 7:00 AM

Gene Expression

Human evolution, genetics, genomics and their interstices

• R1a1a conquers the world…in a few pulses?

– October 31, 2012 2:52 AM

• Which results from cognitive psychology are robust & real?

– October 30, 2012 9:11 PM

• Humans are at least 8% virus

– October 30, 2012 6:25 PM

Cosmic Variance

Random samplings from a universe of ideas.

• Wal Sargent

– October 30, 2012 3:48 PM

• Nudging Naturalism Just a Bit Forward

– October 30, 2012 7:17 AM

• How did I wind up with a pit bull?

– October 27, 2012 11:59 PM

Discoblog

Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe.

• NCBI ROFL: ‘Hotspots’ for aggression in licensed drinking venues.

– October 30, 2012 7:00 PM

• NCBI ROFL: Republican women look more feminine than Democrats.

– October 29, 2012 7:00 PM

• NCBI ROFL: Endometriosis: hot or not?

– October 26, 2012 7:00 PM

The Loom

A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer.

• In praise of the big old mess

– October 29, 2012 2:22 PM

• Our Viral Future: Video of My Recent Talk

– October 27, 2012 9:17 AM

• Flea-Ridden Page Turners, The Forensics of Vengeance, and More: Catching Up with Download the Universe

– October 22, 2012 12:08 PM

Visual Science

Coherence Bar scours the known world for the most striking and surprising images at the overlap of science and art.

• A Long, Cold Walk for Pregnant Caribou

– October 26, 2012 3:01 PM

• Louisiana’s Secret Chemical Histories Illustrated

– October 26, 2012 9:28 AM

• Google Explosions make Fiery New World

– October 12, 2012 9:52 AM

Science Not Fiction

The science of futurist technologies—and an excuse to soak in sci-fi TV shows, books, movies, toys, and video games.

• The Geek Rapture and Other Musings of William Gibson

– October 17, 2011 1:02 AM

• What Would Humanity Be Like Without Aging?

– September 9, 2011 9:50 AM

• The Human Future Remains Unchosen: An Exegesis of Deus Ex: Human Revolution

– September 1, 2011 12:32 PM

The Intersection

Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled.

• New Blog URL For The Intersection

– September 27, 2011 7:53 AM

• The Intersection Has Officially Moved to Science Progress

– September 15, 2011 9:42 AM

• Facts Don’t Persuade Climate Skeptics–So What Does?

– September 14, 2011 10:54 AM