New ‘Around the Web’ Features

Here are the new features from other networks, which can be found on the right-hand panel under the logo for the respective site:

Ars Technica: Lasker Awards go to biologists for work on obesity, blindness New awards for biomedical research awarded to discoverers of VEGF and leptin.

Scientific American: How Should San Francisco Plan for Sea-Level Rise?
According to projections, climate change will cause the San Francisco Bay’s water level to rise 16-inches by 2050.

Wired: The Pelican’s Beak: Success and Evolutionary Stasis Brian Switek discusses what evolutionary success really means, citing examples from the crocodile and the pelican.

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