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Prairie dogs disperse when all close kin have disappeared
Physorg
2013-03-07

Prairie dogs pull up stakes and look for a new place to live when all their close kin have disappeared from their home territory—a striking pattern of dispersal that has not been observed for any o

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Prairie Dogs Disperse When All Close Kin Have Disappeared
Science Daily
2013-03-07

Prairie dogs pull up stakes and look for a new place to live when all their close kin have disappeared from their home territory--a striking pattern of dispersal that has not been observed for any

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Inventors still feel squeezed, despite patent reforms
Evening Sun (Hanover, PA)
2013-03-07

At work, Columbia University professor Chloë Bulinski can turn to a team of specialists to help her navigate the time-consuming and expensive process of patenting her inventions.

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Inventors still feel squeezed, despite patent reforms
Denver Post
2013-03-07

At work, Columbia University professor Chloë Bulinski can turn to a team of specialists to help her navigate the time-consuming and expensive process of patenting her inventions.

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Young Adult Prairie Dogs Dig Living In Mom's Basement
NPR's All Things Considered
2013-03-07

Like many humans, most young animals approaching adulthood tend to leave their parents and siblings and strike out on their own. They want to avoid competing with relatives.

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Boothbay-Tasmania water project on tap
Boothbay Register (Maine)
2013-03-06

"I am so beyond excited," Lauren Graham said last week.

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Local biologists head to Arctic to track changes
The Calvert Recorder
2013-03-06

Two biologists from the biological lab in Solomons are making their way to the Arctic with international scientists to observe the biological response to sea ice retreat.

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Melting Arctic Ice Will Make Way for More Ships--and More Species Invasions
Scientific American
2013-03-06

The rare ships that have ventured through the harsh, icebound Arctic Ocean require reinforced hulls and ice-breaking bows that allow them to plow through dense ice as much as two meters deep, and f

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Shelling out more oysters to improve the Chesapeake Bay
Bay Journal
2013-03-01

Every resident of the Chesapeake Bay area, as well as everyone who visits, appreciates the Bay in one way or another.

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Ability of oysters to denitrify Bay surprises scientists
Bay Journal
2013-03-01

On a warm summer morning, Lisa Kellogg and her colleagues were racing with the tide.

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