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New Method Predicts Monster WavesThe seven-story freak wave that slammed into the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn last month was not so freakish after all.
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False ID: Face Recognition on TrialEven when they can't possibly recognize a criminal, witnesses identify them.
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Seesaw Climate: Drought Here Means Flood ThereExtremes on one part of the planet are routinely reflected a world away.
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Bad Singing Leads to Virtuoso Performances in BirdsStudy could help scientists understand similar learning behavior in babies.
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Amazing Ants 'Fly' When They FallScientists call it gliding, or directed aerial descent. It saves their lives.
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Venus Flytrap's Speed Secret RevealedScientists learn how brainless plant snaps its carnivorous jaws shut so quickly.
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Mudslide Map Aids Californians During Recent Rainstormsweather -
Tsunami-Generating Earthquake Near U.S. Possibly ImminentA fault zone off the Pacific Northwest coast may be due for a major shift, history shows.
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Study Clouds Link Between Pollution and RainScientists have looked at clouds from both sides now and found more bad news about air pollution and global warming.
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Earthquakes Stopped, But Only In LabMelting under pressure, rock acts like glue.
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Deadly Hurricanes of 2004 Will Save LivesUnprecedented data on four storms will make houses safer and improve forecasting.
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Sinkholes: New Study Digs for Deeper UnderstandingWiring the soil as a hurricane rolls in, Benjamin Schwartz learns what water does underground.
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Windmills to Change Local and Global ClimatesRenewable energy, even generating power from wind, is no free lunch.
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Before Crocodiles, the Hairless CoyoteA team of paleontologists has found a missing link between the crocodile family and its small and graceful landlubber ancestors.
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How to Live Long and Prosper: Get Dirty?Germs go both ways, helping our health at times and killing us at others. A new study suggests they might give the gift of a long life, at least to fruit flies.
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Domino Effect of 'Co-extinction' Pinned DownToday's endangered species lists hide thousands of plants and animals that will also become extinct if their host species disappear, new research shows.
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Gene Maps Could Save TreesA team of scientists has mapped the key genes in a group of trees that includes poplars and aspens, a result that could enable scientific rescues of all kinds of trees from drought and pests.
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Abalone Armor: Toughest Stuff Theoretically Possibletechnology
