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• A Hostile Climate
  Did global warming cause a resource war in Darfur?
• Real-Time Evolution
  Researchers find evidence that a variety of African electric fish may be approaching speciation.
• Where to Go Now
  Seven sites across the globe facing radical alteration due to climate change
• On My Mind: Freeman Dyson
  The renowned physicist muses on the days when the Sahara was wet.
• Why Didn't I Think of That?
  Saatchi & Saatchi presents its Award for World Changing Ideas at posh event.

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• Week in Science: 1/20 - 1/26
  Chimps may be closer cousins than we thought, a NASA official leaves to find E.T., and the US fares poorly in a study of environmental responsibility.
• Losing in the Environmental Medal Count
  Report presented at World Economic Forum in Davos ranks US 28th in environmental performance.
• Africa Scientific
  Contrary to widespread perception, sub-Saharan Africa is home to new science initiatives that are helping to pull the continent out of its turbulent recent history.
• The Week in Science 12/23-12/29
  Hwang is out, Shell Oil is in trouble and 2005 gets an extra second.
• New & Notable: 12/17 - 12/23
  South Korean censorship, the choice between voting or dying and those darn teaspoons that keep disappearing.
• The Week in Science: 12/16-12/22
  The battle over evolution in Dover ends, the climate change argument intensifies and the Hwang Woo-suk saga continues.
• Wiped from the Earth
  A new map highlights habitats where extinctions are imminent and the 800 species poised to vanish.
• New & Notable: 12/10 - 12/16
  A long, hard, sensitive organ, big balls, Virgin, and Buffy.
• Oceanfront Property in the Desert
  A fissure in Ethiopia’s Afar Desert may be the beginnings of a new ocean basin.
• New & Notable: 12/03 - 12/09
  A boy genius, drugged-out elephants, the end of aging, and prairie voles in love!
• Singing a Different Tune
  Birds could be the key to identifying habitat fragmentation.
• Evolution on Ice
  Antarctic penguins become showcase for another evolutionary mechanism.
• The AIDS Riddle
  Reflections from the front-row of the epidemic
• New & Notable: HIV/AIDS Research
  AIDS is on the top of many a researcher's mind. Here's a collection of AIDS-related headlines from just the last two weeks.
• World AIDS Day
  December 1st is the 18th Annual World AIDS Day. A look at where we are.