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Carnivorous Plant Inspires Anticlotting Medical Devices
By copying aspects of the slick surfaces of insect-catching pitcher plants, researchers created tubes that can carry blood without promoting the formation of blood clots or bacterial attachment. Cynthia Graber reports.
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Let's Get Small: A Panel on Nanoscience
Scientific American senior editor Josh Fischman joins nanoscience researchers Shana Kelly, Yamuna Krishnan, Benjamin Bratton and moderator Bridget Kendall from the BBC World Service program The Forum .
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A Wild Idea: Save Tasmanian Devils While Controlling Killer Cats
Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) disappeared from mainland Australia centuries ago, probably not long after humans first brought dingoes to the continent. - Climate CentralEnergy & Sustainability
What's Behind Recent Flurry of Hurricane Activity?
So many storms in October is rare but not unprecedented - NewsHealth
How Did a Dallas Nurse Catch Ebola?
Health authorities scramble to figure out what went wrong with containment - ReutersMore Science
EPA Approves Dow's Enlist Herbicide for GMOs
By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval on Wednesday to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that has faced broad opposition, ordering a series of restrictions to address potential environmental and health hazards. - FeaturesTechnology
What’s Your Favorite Vintage Gadget?
Share your nostalgia for a long-obsolete device with other Scientific American readers - NatureHealth
Cancer: Winning the War? [Video] - The 64th Annual Lindau Meeting
Where do we stand after four decades of cancer research? an someone be cured of the AIDS virus? Nature Video examined this question during this summer's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which brought early-career biologists together with Nobel Prize–winners - Special Editions Volume 23, Issue 3sSpace
Garrett Lisi Explains His Grand Unified Theory
Deep down, the particles and forces of the universe are a manifestation of exquisite geometry - NewsSpace
Scientists Close In on Creating Black Hole in Lab
Sound waves imitate famed Hawking radiation, energy spit out from the great cosmic sinkholes - NatureSpace
Mars Losing Parts of Itself
NASA's MAVEN mission detects a hydrogen cloud blowing off the Red Planet - ClimatewireEnergy & Sustainability
Better Logging Could Slow Global Warming
The Nature Conservancy partners with loggers in Indonesia to limit the destruction of tropical forests - ChemistryWorldEnergy & Sustainability
Oxygen-Free Recycling Technique Could Keep Tons of Plastics from Landfills
Pyrolysis, which turns plastics into diesel and oils, could be scaled up dramatically - NewsHealth
Meager Dosage Data for Kids Makes for Uncertain Prescriptions
Clinical trials rarely include children; as a result, less than half of all drugs are approved for pediatric use. What can be done? - ReutersEnergy & Sustainability
Lockheed Claims Breakthrough on Fusion Energy
Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit on the back of a truck, could be ready in a decade. - NewsHealth
Second Dallas Nurse Contracts Ebola
Texas health authorities report a second health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola - Quick and Dirty TipsMind & Brain
Is It Good or Bad to Zone Out, Space Out or Daydream?
Whether you call it zoning out, spacing out or daydreaming, we spend up to 47 percent of our waking lives letting our minds wander. This week, the Savvy Psychologist explains why mind wandering happens, when it’s good, when it’s bad—and how it might even lead to your own "Eureka!" moment - Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 5Space
Kuiper Belt Missions Could Reveal the Solar System’s Origins
For the first time, spacecraft will get an up-close look at comets, asteroids and dwarf planets from the distant Kuiper belt. These probes should reveal how the solar system came to be - ReutersMore Science
Freak Nepal Blizzards Kill 12
At least 12 people, including eight foreign hikers and a group of yak herders, were killed in Nepal by unseasonal blizzards and avalanches triggered by the tail of cyclone Hudhud, officials said on Wednesday. - ReutersEnergy & Sustainability
Epic Drought Prompts Los Angeles Mayor Vows to Cut Water Use by 20 Percent
The mayor of Los Angeles aims to reduce local water use by 20 percent over the next three years to address a record drought through a mix of voluntary measures for residents and mandatory restrictions for city departments, the city said on Tuesday.
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