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		Queen of Spades Key to New Evolutionary Hypothesis Microscopic ocean plankton mimic card also known as the Black Queen Released  May 10, 2012
		Nature Observation Database Receives One-Millionth Entry Key database monitoring climate change received its one-millionth report from a network of "citizen scientists" Released  May 3, 2012
		Gulf Oil Spill: Scientists Develop New Model for Deep-water Oil Spills Call for a "whole new type" of marine ecology Released  April 20, 2012
		Novel Answer to That Perennial "Earth Day" Question: "What Can I Do to Help?" Groups of citizen scientists are making pivotal contributions to research on the Earth, its place in the universe and other natural phenomena Released  April 19, 2012
		Earth Week: A Stream Is a Stream Is a Stream: Or Is It? Scientists ford high-mountain waterways in North, South America to find out Released  April 16, 2012
		Long-term Ecological Research Reveals Causes and Consequences of Environmental Change New insights as NSF Long Term Ecological Research Network reflects on three decades of science Released  April 6, 2012
		CalWomenTech Scale Up Project: Proven Tools Attract Women to STEM Training Programs Project aims to increase recruitment and retention of women in community college STEM programs Released  April 6, 2012
		Predicting "Cosmic Fireworks" From Our Own Backyard Using the largest map of the cosmos ever, astronomers have counted nearby double white dwarfs, stars thought to cause an important type of supernova Released  March 13, 2012
		Cry Me a River: Following a Watershed's Winding Path to Sustainability National Science Foundation "Water, Sustainability and Climate" award fosters new view of urban rivers, lakes Released  March 9, 2012
		Six-month-old Word Learners Study of infants challenges developmental sequence of human language learning Released  March 8, 2012
		The Snows of Mount Washington Climate and environmental change in the U.S. northeast corridor Released  March 2, 2012
		Viewing the World Through a "Mathematical Lens" Can Help Young Children Learn Math Helping children identify and connect the mathematics ideas that they use in daily activities is crucial to learning math at an early age. Released  February 15, 2012
		Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth Released  February 6, 2012
		Making Nature's Best Better to Produce Biofuels The National Renewable Energy Laboratory uses supercomputer simulations to explore designer enzymes for renewable fuels Released  January 31, 2012
		Understanding Basic Concepts in Spatial Measurement Researchers work to help elementary-school students better comprehend basic measurement skills Released  January 31, 2012
		Biodiversity of Earth's Richest Plant Kingdom Under Fire In response to climate change, will a postage-sized-domain move uphill--and ultimately out of room? Released  January 27, 2012
		PhET Simulations Provide Interactive Learning Tools The PhET project, which was founded by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, offers simulations where students can simulate experiments and more Released  January 25, 2012
		"Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology" Initiative Charts New Path for College-level Biology Meeting the needs of the 21st Century Released  January 24, 2012
		Older Is Better for Hunting Dogs Research examines key demographic variables of Nicaraguan canines Released  January 17, 2012
		By the Light of January's Wolf Moon On the hunt, is bigger better for predators like wolves? Released  January 10, 2012
		Out of Africa and Into the American Midwest Last of the oak savannas survives at NSF Cedar Creek Long-Term Ecological Research site Released  January 6, 2012
		Trouble in Paradise: Ocean Acidification This Way Comes Sustainability of tropical corals in question, but some species developing survival mechanisms Released  January 4, 2012
		Prowling Pandas Become Policy Advisers Vanessa Hull evaluates the impacts of zoning on pandas in Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China Released  December 14, 2011
		Can Marcellus Shale Gas Development and Healthy Waterways Sustainably Coexist? National Science Foundation Sustainability Research Coordination Network is Providing Answers Released  December 9, 2011
		A New Visualization Method Makes Research More Organized and Efficient The Action Science Explorer (ASE) helps reveal emerging trends and controversies and encourages collaborations within the research community Released  December 7, 2011
		Seeing the Forest Under the Trees New Effect of Acid Rain on Forests: Too Many Dead Leaves a Bad Sign for Sugar Maples Released  December 7, 2011
		Dashing Through the Snow, in a One-Truck Radar Dish Scientists study mountain west snowstorms through the eye of the Doppler-on-Wheels Released  December 6, 2011
		Worms Can Evolve to Survive Intersex Populations Experimental evolution reveals a possible intermediate stage in the evolution of sex determination Released  December 5, 2011
		New Forecasting Algorithm Helps Predict Hurricane Intensity and Wind Speed The Prediction Intensity Interval model for Hurricanes (PIIH) algorithm seeks to mitigate damage by the "evil god of winds and destruction" Released  December 5, 2011
		Foiling the Plan of a Cyberbully Researchers suggest listening to students to craft prevention policies Released  November 22, 2011