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August 2014

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August 30
- A Centenary for the Last Passenger Pigeon (Op-Ed)
- Has Science Fully Explained Sunshine?
- Sugar Sweetens Battery Performance
- Race is a Social Concept, Not a Scientific One (Op-Ed)
August 29
- 10 Ways Research Chimps Embrace Retirement
- Suicide is Not 'Unavoidable' (Op-Ed)
- 3 Things You Didn’t Know About the Arachnids That Live on Your Face
- Tree Infesting Insects Love the City Heat (Op-Ed)
August 28
- Wind Power Has Soared, But is It About to Crash? (Op-Ed)
- Dramatic Dam Breach Makes Mining Risks Obvious (Op-Ed)
- How HIV Co-Opts Gut Bacteria (Op-Ed)
- Personalized Medicine Will Be 'One Size Fits Most' (Op-Ed)
- One Third of Sunscreens Overestimate Protection (Op-Ed)
August 27
- California Jobs Rise with Green Energy
- Turtle and Tortoise Travails and Triumphs (Op-Ed)
August 26
- How to Quench Data Centers' Thirst for Power (Op-Ed)
- 4 Ethics Lessons From the Ebola Outbreak
- Why Are Landslides So Devastating?
August 25
- Huge Ponds Hold Tar Sands Sludge, and Great Risks (Op-Ed)
- Younger Generation Comfortable With Employer Snooping (Op-Ed)
- Why Bigger City Spiders Are a Good Thing (Op-Ed)
August 23
- Paid Editors on Wikipedia — Should You Be Worried? (Op-Ed)
- How Much Do We Really Know About Privacy on Facebook? (Op-Ed)
- As Patients Create Art, They Recover
August 22
- The Two Wildfires Everyone Should Be Talking About (Op-Ed)
August 21
- Port Arthur, Texas, and Its Fight Against Keystone (Op-Ed)
August 20
- Ten Questions to Ask Your Doctor After a Cancer Diagnosis
August 19
- Emotions and Eating: A Marketer's Dream? (Op-Ed)
- Montana: Big Sky, Shrinking Glaciers, Fading Wildlife (Op-Ed)
- Gallery: Oldest Living Things in the World
- Art, Science & Philosophy Behind Photos of Oldest Living Things
August 17
- Open-Source Seeds Make a Comeback (Op-Ed)
August 16
- Should Robot Drivers Kill to Save a Child's Life?
- Drones are Fun, Until One Hits You In the Face
- Virtual Worlds Can Be As Fulfilling As Real Life (Op-Ed)
- Mega Models Will Map the Spread of Dengue (Op-Ed)
August 15
- With Latest Death, Scientists Re-evaluate Stigma of Fraud (Op-Ed)
- The Beauty of Millipedes (Op-Ed)
- Even in Deepwater Canyons, America's Corals At Risk (Op-Ed)
- Why Does Less Meat Mean Less Heat? (Op-Ed)
August 14
- As Sharks Disappear, So Could Shark Week (Op-Ed)
August 13
- Is Recycled Sewage a Water Solution?
- Celestial Snapshots of My Favorite Conjunctions (Op-Ed)
- Focus! Distractions Kill Both Time and Quality
August 12
- New York's Power to Fight Illegal Ivory (Op-Ed)
August 11
- How Despots Arose With Agriculture (Op-Ed)
August 10
- Explainer: Back Burning and Fuel Reduction
August 9
- Monkeys Recognize Family, Even if Separated at Birth (Op-Ed)
- Great Gift for Grandma? Retirees Love Tablets
- Little-Known Skin Cancer Affects Dark-Skinned People
- Dead Zones: Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
- PowerPoint: The Beginning of the End for Real Reading (Op-Ed)
August 7
- Bottoms Up: How Whale Poop Helps Feed the Ocean
- The Western Martial Art of the Sword (Gallery)
- Storytellers of the Blade: Accuracy in Swordplay
- 'Traitor's Blade' (US 2014): Book Excerpt
August 5
- Biomedicine, Microscopy and the Art of Patricia Olynyk (Gallery)
August 4
- Wearable Tech is No Fad (Op-Ed)
August 3
- Experiments With Humans Can Save Wildlife (Op-Ed)
August 2
- Navy's Secret to Building a Stealth Ship (Op-Ed)
- Low-T Therapy: Elixir of Youth… Or Snake Oil? (Op-Ed)
August 1
- Explainer: Why Do Snakes Flick Their Tongues?