Roberta Kwok
science writer
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The rock that fell to Earth
Astronomers rush to document a cosmic impact  pdf
DNA's master craftsmen
Bringing a synthetic cell to life  pdf
Phoning in data
Mobile phones are starting to be used for science  pdf
The new cell anatomy
Intriguing cell structures keep biologists glued to their microscopes  pdf
Cellulosic ethanol runs into roadblocks
Financial crisis slows commercialization of next-generation ethanol  pdf
Australian cap-and-trade system comes under fire
Plans to curb greenhouse-gas emissions face political opposition  pdf
Budget request tackles habitat changes
US wildlife agency bids to revitalize research  pdf
Five hard truths for synthetic biology
Can engineering approaches tame the complexity of living systems?  pdf
A closer look at cosmic impacts
Moon survey could improve Solar System surface-dating methods  pdf
Nature.com
Jellyfish help mix the world's oceans
Snakes use scales to slither
Africa's genetic history unravelled
US agencies brace for flood of grant applications
Evidence for ancient horse ranch uncovered
Anthrax investigation still yielding findings
Sky's the limit for sand dunes
US considers a national climate service
Europa wins next big planetary mission
Viral DNA delivers wasp's sting
Pygmies share a recent common ancestor
Scientists find world's biggest snake
Fossil of pregnant whale found
Fake finger reveals the secrets of touch
Exoplanet gets hot flashes
Secondary forests are worth saving
Fish are crucial in oceanic carbon cycle
MRI goes to the nanoscale
Fighting cholera by the numbers
News blog (selected entries)
Making sure NSF isn't the next AIG
Integrative medicine: What's that?
Dead astronomers get the shovel
Steve Chu faces the Senate
Bush: I Heart Oceans
New Scientist
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Giant enigma: The fossil log that isn't
Strange fossils like nothing alive have baffled botanists for over a century
Driller killers
Turning bacteria's weapons on them
Conservation
The iCat is on Your Tail
Robotic feline keeps tabs on home energy consumption  pdf
Disturbing the peace
War-inducing chemical turns invasive ants against each other  pdf
Electric sweat
Synthetic leaf generates power with tiny beads of water  pdf
An ounce of prevention
High-tech chip delivers early diagnosis of coral disease  pdf
Is a warmer world a sicker world?
Scientists piece together how climate impacts disease  pdf
Winging it
Feather-like spines could reduce vehicles' fuel consumption  pdf
Much abuzz about nothing?
Fears of global bee decline may be unfounded  pdf
A light in the forest
Wireless sensors draw energy from trees  pdf
Ant vs. elephant
Ants shape the savanna one trunk at a time  pdf
California
The stars her destination
Epiphany leads a business student to NASA  pdf
Bang-up job
Astronomers spot a new type of stellar explosion  pdf
The-Scientist.com
Science tarot
A whimsical deck of cards shuffles the worlds of logic and mythology
Salon.com
Is local food really miles better?
Putting local fruits and veggies to the carbon test
ScienceNOW
Science magazine's news Web site
Tigers pass the purity test
DNA reveals captive cats aren't all mongrels
Bad news in baby rice?
Baby food contains worrisome arsenic levels
Dirty rotten poxviruses
Deadly viruses disguise themselves as garbage
Need directions? Ask a moth
Migrating pests have an internal compass
Pavlov's bacteria
Microbes rely on signals to anticipate the future
Whr R U?
Cell phones help scientists track human motion
Science News Prime
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Zooming in on a minuscule world
Bringing science to Buddhist leaders
Husband-and-wife team scans the skies
Science News for Kids
Little beetle, big horns
Sniffing out the evolution of dung beetle horns
Weed wars
Farmers fight unwanted plants among crops
These gems make their own way
Lab-made gemstones could improve cell phones or catch bacteria
Secrets of the world's extreme divers
Emperor penguins and other animals are built to hold their breath
Scientist profile: Wally Gilbert
A Nobel Prize winner's journey from physics to biology to art
San Francisco Chronicle
Humor helps make simple science fun
Natalie Angier goes on a whirligig tour of science
Symmetry
A physicist in the cancer lab
Studying the blue glow from charged particles outracing light  pdf
Stanford Magazine
Art neuro
Alan Rorie's cerebral creations challenge viewers
The sounds of science
Composer Chris Chafe gives new meaning to synthesizing data
Harvard Magazine
Painting and numbers
A mathematician plays art detective  pdf
Science Notes
Cracking the earthquake code
Do earthquakes provide magnetic warning signs?
The SciCom Interviews
The SciCom interview: Dean Falk
A conversation with a contender in anthropology's fiercest brawl
Mongabay.com
Scientists aim to catalogue complete tropical island
Loh Down on Science
Not mucus
Research and Creative Activity
A sweet science
Chemists untangle the secrets of sugar  pdf
Biomedical Computation Review
Simulating a scaffold for bone growth  pdf
Idaho National Laboratory News
Engineer simulates a robot's sense of touch
Secrets of ancient travel routes hidden in volcanic rock
Mobile 911 system could be a lifesaver
A smart hybrid car monitor puts the brains in battery testing
Sensitive laser instrument could aid search for life on Mars
Flexible nanoantenna arrays capture abundant solar energy
Johns Hopkins scientist searches for clues to the rise and fall of life
Space Nuclear Research fellows unveil ambitious summer projects
INL kicks off first university experiment in Advanced Test Reactor
Indiana Daily Student
Black hole envelops Mercury-size mass
'Killer Asteroid' could strike Earth by 2036

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Nature
Nature.com
New Scientist
Conservation
California
The-Scientist.com
Salon.com
ScienceNOW
San Francisco Chronicle
Science News Prime
Science News for Kids
Symmetry
Stanford Magazine
Harvard Magazine
Science Notes
The SciCom Interviews
Mongabay.com
Loh Down on Science
Research and Creative Activity
Biomedical Computation Review
Idaho National Laboratory News
Indiana Daily Student
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