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Researchers recreate bee collapse with pesticide-laced corn syrup

Scientists with the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid. Bee populations have been dying mysteriously throughout North America and Europe since 2006, but the cause behind the decline, known as Colony Collapse Disorder, has eluded scientists. However, coming on the heels of two studies published last week in Science that linked bee declines to neonicotinoid pesticides, of which imidacloprid is one, the new study adds more evidence that the major player behind Colony Collapse Disorder is not disease, or mites, but pesticides that began to be widely used in the 1990s.

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7 weeks ago by sunpig

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Quantum Diaries
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12 weeks ago by sunpig

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The Scale of the Universe 2
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february 2012 by sunpig

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Improbable research: the vertical fossil and the exploding dinosaur theory | Education | The Guardian

Use your imagination: "Seagoing dinosaurs did not explode nearly as often as scientists believed" /via @amendlocke

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february 2012 by sunpig

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What Does the Data Say? Hans Rosling Breaks Down the Impact of Foreign Aid
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february 2012 by sunpig

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Daily Kos: The failure of Austerity
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december 2011 by sunpig

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One-Third of Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets In Habitable Zone - Technology Review
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september 2011 by sunpig

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Faster Than a Speeding Photon: "Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam" : Uncertain Principles
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september 2011 by sunpig

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The special trick that helps identify dodgy stats | Ben Goldacre | Comment is free | The Guardian
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september 2011 by sunpig

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The Brain on Trial - Magazine - The Atlantic

RT @cshirky: David Eagleman: Neuroscience is eroding free will as a legal concept

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june 2011 by sunpig

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Why drugs often list headache as a side-effect — The Endeavour
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june 2011 by sunpig

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NASA Announces Results of Epic Space-Time Experiment - NASA Science

RT @sampsonian: This is a stunning achievement. Space-time around Earth confirmed.

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may 2011 by sunpig

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LAB RAT

See Valve's comic "Lab Rat", a bridge between Portal 1 and 2:

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april 2011 by sunpig

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The unpalatable truth is that the anti-nuclear lobby has misled us all | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

RT @nwbrux: The unpalatable truth is that the anti-nuclear lobby has misled us all | George Monbiot via @guardian

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april 2011 by sunpig

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Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors. | Morgsatlarge – blogorific.
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march 2011 by sunpig

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Recent Scenes from Antarctica - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic

Recent scenes from Antarctica: /via @makinglight

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march 2011 by sunpig

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Atmospheric Optics
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march 2011 by sunpig

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Secrets of a Mind-Gamer - NYTimes.com

"Secrets of a Mind-Gamer: How I trained my brain and became a world-class memory athlete." (/via @iamtef)

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february 2011 by sunpig

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xkcd: The Economic Argument
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october 2010 by sunpig

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This is a news website article about a scientific finding | Martin Robbins | Science | guardian.co.uk

RT @codepo8: SCIENCE!

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september 2010 by sunpig

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Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?
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august 2010 by sunpig

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Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report -- Rogozov and Bermel 339: b4965 -- BMJ

Rogozov’s self operation was probably the first such successful act undertaken in the wilderness, out of hospital settings, with no possibility of outside help, and without any other medical professional around. It remains an example of determination and the human will for life. In later years Rogozov himself rejected all glorification of his deed. When thoughts like these were put to him, he usually answered with a smile and the words: "A job like any other, a life like any other."