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Scientific American Magazine
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In a demonstration of the power of citizen science, millions of data points collected by laypeople helped generate stunning North American bird migration forecasts for more than 300 species
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Robin Lloyd
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Feb 13, 2013
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News
| Energy & Sustainability
Scientists and journalists debate why Americans still resist the consensus among research organizations that humans are warming the globe
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Robin Lloyd
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Feb 23, 2011 |
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News
| Technology
Social media gets a lion's share of the credit for enabling Egyptians to organize protests and stay abreast of breaking news, but TV is the dominant media type and Al Jazeera is the most trusted TV news source in Egypt
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Robin Lloyd
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Feb 2, 2011 |
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Features
| Technology
Telecoms, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and nonprofits are pushing to put mobile phones directly in the hands of women in low- and middle-income countries
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Robin Lloyd
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Dec 17, 2010 |
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Features
| Energy & Sustainability
A climate scientist studying the cooling effects of various environmentally engineered roofing treatments recently led a tour of a large postal facility's green roof
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Robin Lloyd
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Aug 23, 2010 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Technology
In addition to reacting to news as it breaks, we work to anticipate what will happen. Here we contemplate 12 possibilities and rate their likelihood of happening by 2050
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The Editors
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Charles Q. Choi
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George Musser
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John Matson
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Philip Yam
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David Biello
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Michael Moyer
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Larry Greenemeier
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Katherine Harmon
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Robin Lloyd
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May 19, 2010 |
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Features
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The authors of a recent report concerning a near-Earth asteroid impact and our preparedness disagreed on whether it was reasonable and prudent to compare NEO fatalities with those from climate change
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Robin Lloyd
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Mar 31, 2010 |
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News
| Evolution
Proceratosaurus was quite small compared with T. rex but it extends the tyrannosauroid group back to the middle Jurassic, further than any other known fossil
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Robin Lloyd
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Nov 4, 2009 |
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News
| Space
The map supports the theory that Ganymede's grooves are the result of orbital resonances among it, Europa and Io as they circle Jupiter
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Robin Lloyd
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Sep 28, 2009 |