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NASW already uses its funds to cover travel fellowships and career grants, and to underwrite a portion of the annual workshops to keep registration fees low. Now, we also are soliciting big ideas for the organization to develop new ways to serve science writers. Proposals due June 1.

Despite the fact that scientists are able to look inside the brain using a variety of live imaging techniques, their ability to visualize individual neurons in living animals is very limited. A new study lets us take a closer look at how our brains change over time in response to disease.

In Egypt, people are in danger but antiquities seem safe for now. Would Egyptian treasures in European and US museums be safe if repatriated? Did global warming and food prices trigger Egyptian protests — or was it mobile phones? Did global warming trigger the Big Snow — or was it microbes?

Stone tools suggest Homo sap enjoyed Arabian nights earlier than previously thought. The State of the Union and the state of US science. #SciO11: How to explain science on blogs plus the state of women bloggers

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