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740 results for: Penguin

  1. A Field Guide to Radiation by Wayne Biddle

    From “absorbed dose” to zirconium-95, this alphabetical collection of essays makes an interesting guide to the nuclear age. Penguin, 2012, 258 p., $16

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  2. Science & Society

    Science slowdown

    The recent federal government shutdown, which furloughed more than 800,000 government workers and may have cost the nation as much as $24 billion, has sent ripples through the nation’s scientific research enterprise.

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  3. Life

    Penguins may sniff out relatives

    A zoo study sees hints of odor-based kin recognition in colony-dwelling birds.

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  4. Life

    Birds catching malaria in Alaska

    The mosquito-spread disease may be transmitted north of the Arctic Circle as climate shifts.

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  5. SN Online

    BODY & BRAIN ‘Normal’ B12 levels may not be enough for the brain. Read “B12 shortage linked to cognitive problems.” LIFE A penguin can find its kin even in a sea of black and white. See “Penguins may sniff out relatives.” ATOM & COSMOS A NASA probe has found bizarre landforms on the planet nearest […]

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  6. Frozen Planet: A World Beyond Imagination by Alastair Fothergill and Vanessa Berlowitz

    Journey with four polar denizens — polar bear, Arctic fox, Adélie penguin and wandering albatross — through seasonal changes in this companion to a BBC television series. Firefly Books, 2011, 312 p., $39.95

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  7. Life

    Penguin declines may come down to krill

    Lack of food appears to be hurting birds on the Antarctic Peninsula.

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  8. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Shaking off snake venom, flexible display screens and krill-sniffing penguins in this week's news.

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  9. Life

    Archaeopteryx wore black

    Microscopic structures in an iconic fossil feather suggest that it was the color of a crow.

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  10. Animals

    Animals on the Move

    Worldwide — on land, in the sea and in rivers, streams and lakes — wildlife is responding to rising temperatures.

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  11. Humans

    Marking penguins for study may do harm

    Metal flipper bands used to tell birds apart hamper survival and reproduction, a 10-year study finds.

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  12. Science & Society

    2011 Science News of the Year: Science & Society

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