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January 2014

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January 31
- Flow Battery Breakthrough May Boost Green Energy Storage (Video)
- Does Polar Vortex Mean 'So Much for Global Warming?' (Op-Ed)
- Off-Road Wheelchair Helps People with Disabilities Get Off-Road and On With Their Lives (Op-Ed)
- Americans' Mental Health is Latest Victim of Changing Climate (Op-Ed)
- How to Get Ants to Solve a Chess Problem (Op-Ed)
- Where is the Proof in Pseudoscience? (Op-Ed)
- EPA: New Mine Threatens Half World's Wild Sockeye Salmon (Op-Ed)
- Super Bowl Ads Symbolize A Positive Cultural Shift for Animals (Op-Ed)
- For Prostate Cancer, Radiation Complications May Outweigh Risks (Op-Ed)
- What Does Google Want with DeepMind? Here are Three Clues (Op-Ed)
- For Many Sports Fans, It's Not 'Just A Game'
January 30
- As Plant Virus Jumps to Bees, Does it Cause Colony Collapse?
- Bringing Mars Rover Design Down to Earth (Video)
- Some Reasons Why You Should Avoid Sleeping Pills (Op-Ed)
- Advocates for Humane Treatment Welcome Scrutiny, If It's Honest (Op-Ed)
January 29
- Numbers That Become Memes Can Be Dangerous to Society (Op-Ed)
- Diabetes and Pregnancy are a Dangerous Mix
- Grey is the New Black Hole: Is Stephen Hawking Right? (Op-Ed)
- Simulating Mars Terraforming, on Earth (Video)
- Squatters Rights: Why Do Humans Need Toilet Paper and Animals Don't? (Op-Ed)
January 28
- China's War on Thought is Being Waged in Western Universities (Op-Ed)
- Take a Mock Mission to 'Mars' with MarsCrew134 (Video)
- The Myth of Age-Related Cognitive Decline
- Looking Forward to the Past: What Fossils Tell Us About Extinction (Op-Ed)
- Graphene Condoms: Super Thin and Tough, But Is That Enough to Make People Have Safer Sex? (Op-Ed)
- Why the Masculine Face? Genetic Evidence Reveals Drawbacks of Hyper-Masculine Features (Op-Ed)
- The Dangerously Fun Game of Bubble Soccer
January 27
- 5 Tips to Ward Off Cholesterol Confusion (Op-Ed)
- Groups Sue Feds to Protect Blue Whales and Dolphins Off California (Op-Ed)
January 25
- Wildlife Across the Globe Rely on Pristine Antarctic Waters: Protect Them (Op-Ed)
- China's Drug Takers are Chasing Newer Highs (Op-Ed)
- When Winter Kills Power Plants, Clean Energy Can Help Pick Up the Slack (Op-Ed)
- Design for Living: The Hidden Nature of Fractals
January 24
- Different Strokes: How Rafael and Tiger Hit The Top of Their Games (Op-Ed)
January 23
- Why There May Be Fewer Truly New Drugs Hitting the Market (Op-Ed)
- A Vacation Tainted by China's Toxic Air (Op-Ed)
- A Snowy Winter: Northern Owls Spread as Far South as Texas (Op-Ed)
- Predicting Super Bowl Snow is an Epic Forecasting Challenge (Op-Ed)
- Why is The Sun Going Quiet? (Op-Ed)
January 22
- Is Your Signature Safe? How to Avoid Forgery (Op-Ed)
- Empathic Rats Free Trapped Buddies From Restraints (Op-Ed)
- The Long Paper Trail: U.S. Recycling Roots Date to 1600s
January 21
- Turkey-Inspired Sensors Could Detect Toxins
- Resolve to Lose Weight and Cut Carbon Emissions: Eat Less Beef (Op-Ed)
- Know When To Go: A New Way to Keep Firefighters Safe from Harm (Op-Ed)
- Self-Administered Test Helps Spot Early Alzheimer's
January 20
- If You Don't Like People Tweeting About Cancer, Don't Read It (Op-Ed)
- And the Award for the Safest Airline in 2013 Goes to ... (Op-Ed)
January 17
- Is a Rhino Hunt Really Conservation? (Op-Ed)
- Your Robot Helper is On The Way Now It Can Learn From Its Friends (Op-Ed)
- That's No Kangaroo on the Manuscript – So What Is It? (Op-Ed)
- Ohio Execution: Lethal Injections are Based on Guesswork (Op-Ed)
- Ten Tiny Places That Have Their Own Domain Names
January 16
- Texting is Bound to Decline but It Won't Die Out Just Yet (Op-Ed)
January 15
- When is an Animal Not an 'Animal'? Research Ethics Draws the Line (Op-Ed)
- Doing Maths on the Fly, Birds Form V for Efficiency (Op-Ed)
- International Action Can Save the Polar Bear (Op-Ed)
- Cold Snaps Highlight Need for Updated Furnace Standards (Op-Ed)
- In Elephant Society, Matriarchs Lead (Op-Ed)
- Marsupial Extinctions: Don't Blame the Dingoes (Op-Ed)
January 14
- Humanity's Journey, from the Big Bang to the Present (Op-Ed)
- Thanks Academia, Soon I Will Join a Generation of Jobless PhDs (Op-Ed)
- GP Consultations are Often More Complicated Than You Think (Op-Ed)
- Tiffany & Co.: Why Jewelry Must Be Sustainably Sourced (Op-Ed)
January 11
- Saying Goodbye to Inefficient 60-Watt Incandescent Bulbs (Op-Ed)
- Lost Microbes are Eroding Amazon’s Ability to Capture Carbon (Op-Ed)
- Struggling with that New Year's Resolution? How to Hang in There (Op-Ed)
January 10
- Scientists at Work: Stuck in the Antarctic Ice We Set Out to Study (Op-Ed)
- Seals Gain Global Protections, Despite Anthony Bourdain's Efforts (Op-Ed)
January 9
- Gloomy Vocabulary in Books Reflects Poor Economic Climate (Op-Ed)
- Explainer: What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
- Explainer: After 4G, Why Do We Need 5G Phones?
- Superhydrophobic What? How Rust-Oleum NeverWet Works
- Why We Shouldn't Ditch the Quest for New Schizophrenia Drugs (Op-Ed)
- Rise of the Google Machines: The Robotics Companies Involved (Op-Ed)
January 8
- 2014 Begins with Oriented Animal Pooping and Pufferfish Highs (Op-Ed)
- A Side of Dolphin with Your Shrimp Cocktail (Op-Ed)
January 7
- Why One Hectare of Rainforest Grows More Tree Species than US
- Three New Tech Concepts You Might Actually Use From CES 2014 (Op-Ed)
- The Meteoric Rise of Life?
- Build a Better Drone, for Wildlife Conservation (Op-Ed)
January 6
- Women Worse Off When it Comes to Natural Disasters (Op-Ed)
- An Icebreaker Gets Stuck in the Ice, Photos are Used to Mislead (Op-Ed)
- Let Nature Fill in the Details (Op-Ed)
January 4
- Meditation, Mindfulness and Mind-Emptiness (Op-Ed)
- Is Industrial Hemp the Ultimate Energy Crop? (Op-Ed)
- 7 Simple Steps for a Post-Holiday Health Detox
- With One Slip, a Hand Injury Could Ruin Your Winter
- 5 Huge, Efficient Wins for the Environment in 2013 (Op-Ed)
January 3
- As Schools Boost Access to EpiPens, Do Teachers Know How to Use Them?
- The Imagine Engine at the Intersection of Science and Art (Op-Ed)
- Embrace Your Regrets in the New Year (Op-Ed)
January 2
- Watches, Glasses and Super-Tablets: Tech Predictions for 2014 (Op-Ed)
- Cicada 3301: The Mystery Keeping Cryptologists Awake At Night (Op-Ed)
January 1
- This is Why You Won't Keep Your New Year's Resolution (Op-Ed)