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Bookish Mobsters Made Better Bookies Oct 29, 2016

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Just as with honest jobs, mobsters with a more advanced education made more money than their less educated counterparts. Erika Beras reports.

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For River Otters, Social Life Is Shaped by the Latrine Oct 27, 2016

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Alaskan river otters can gain valuable information about one another by sniffing around their latrines. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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Falcons Patrol Fruit Fields for Pesky Invasive Birds Oct 26, 2016

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Birds of prey work where other traditional methods of bird abatement—like scarecrows, pyrotechnics and netting—fail. Emily Schwing reports.

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Clark Kent's Glasses Aided His Anonymity Oct 24, 2016

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Slightly altering one’s appearance—even with glasses—can indeed hinder facial recognition by others. Erika Beras reports.

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Yawns Help the Brain Keep Its Cool Oct 18, 2016

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Theory has it yawning helps cool the brain—and it turns out animals with bigger brains do indeed tend to yawn longer. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Flowers Deceive Flies with Chemical Cocktail Oct 13, 2016

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The parachute flower smells like alarm pheromones of a honeybee, to attract tiny flies that feed on bees under attack.

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Feed Microbes Oxygen to Help Clear Spilled Oil Oct 12, 2016

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A technique called “biosparging” relies on pumping oxygen underground to help naturally occurring microorganisms multiply and consume oil spills.

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Future Wet Suits Otter Be Warmer Oct 10, 2016

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Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.

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Gender Influences Recommendations for Science Jobs Oct 06, 2016

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Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Nobel in Chemistry for Molecular Machines Oct 05, 2016

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Jean-Pierre Sauvage, James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa share the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

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