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Courtesy of Michael C. SingerScientific American Magazine 3/3/09Can "Assisted Migration" Save Species from Global Warming?
As the world warms up, some species cannot move to cooler climes in time to survive. Camille Parmesan thinks humans should help even if it means creating invasive species
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Using Chaos Theory to Revitalize Fisheries
There are fewer fish in the sea than ever. Complexity theory, argues mathematician George Sugihara, provides a counterintuitive way to revitalize the world's fisheries -
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Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly?
The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells—an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies
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