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• FRIDAY 10. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 18:55 Lawmakers Reintroduce Public Access Bill

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  Lawmakers yesterday introduced a proposal to make scientific papers funded with taxpayer money available...  

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• 17:32 ScienceShot: Is Venus Slowing Down?

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  Planet's rotation is about 6 minutes longer compared with 16 years ago  

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• THURSDAY 9. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 23:53 Icebreaker's Good Deed Creates Scheduling Headaches for Arctic Researchers

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  In November, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy helped deliver an emergency load of...  

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• 21:17 Judge Dismisses PETA's Constitutional Argument to Free SeaWorld Orcas

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  A federal judge in San Diego yesterday dismissed a case in which the animal...  

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• 21:12 Video: Scales Give Sharks Their Speed

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  Tiny ridges on shark skin reduce drag and provide thrust when swimming  

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• 20:29 ScienceShot: Sexy Snake Skin

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  Estrogen is key to activating red-sided garter snake sex pheromones  

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• 20:02 Are Humans to Blame for Africa's Lost Rainforests?

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  Farming coupled with regional climate change may have triggered continent's dramatic ecological shift  

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• 20:02 ScienceShot: Lasers Shine New Light on Quakes

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  Laser altimeters can help detect unknown faults in quake-stricken zones  

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• 20:01 'Danger Signals' From Dying Cells Jolt Immune System Into Action

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  Controversial hypothesis finds solid support from new study  

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• 19:50 Ed Weiler Says He Quit NASA Over Cuts to Mars Program

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  Next week, President Barack Obama will propose a $300 million cut in NASA's planetary...  

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• 18:35 Mystery of Zebra's Stripes Finally Solved?

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  Study suggests distracting effects of black-and-white pattern  

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• WEDNESDAY 8. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 23:33 NIH Scrambling to Shift $50 Million Into Alzheimer's Research

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  Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced that it wants to beef up the National Institutes...  

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• 23:00 Tiny Zaps Boost Memory

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  In epilepsy patients awaiting surgery, implanted electrodes can enhance learning  

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• 21:45 PCAST Remedy for Undergraduate Science Is a Tall Order

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  A new report from a presidential panel offers a clear and seemingly simple recipe...  

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• 21:33 Meet 'Amasia,' the Next Supercontinent

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  Analysis reveals a dramatically different world, 100 million years hence  

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• 21:16 Embattled Institute Retains Major Grant to Study Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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  The Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease (WPI), well known for a retracted study...  

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• 17:04 Russians Drill Into Subglacial Antarctic Lake Vostok

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  Yep, they did it: A team of Russian scientists has drilled 3769.3 meters through...  

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• 16:54 Japan Snares First Kavli Institute

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  The University of Tokyo announced today that the Kavli Foundation is giving $7.5 million...  

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• 14:11 Live Chat: The Science of Love

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  Talk with experts about the latest research into human emotions  

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• 01:02 Tarsiers Communicate in Secret Speech

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  Tropical tree-dwellers are the only primates to chat entirely in ultrasonic frequencies  

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• 01:01 Shhh ... Ocean Noises Stress Out Whales

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  Terrorist attacks provide unique window into whale physiology  

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• TUESDAY 7. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 23:02 Metaphors Make Brains Touchy Feely

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  Textural phrases light up a touch center in the brain  

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• 22:40 Europe and Russia Plan Trips to Mars—But Maybe Without NASA

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  The European Space Agency (ESA) and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, are making plans to...  

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• 22:01 Extinct Genome From Fossil Finger Posted Online

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  Researchers in Germany today posted the first high-resolution version of an extinct human's genome...  

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• 20:55 The Unusual Physics of Floating Pyramids

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  Hovering objects suggest that future robots could fly like jellyfish  

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