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Cell Phones Aren't Killing Bees After All 253

radioweather writes "A couple of weeks ago, there was a nutty idea discussed in The Independent that claimed the electromagnetic radiation from cell phones was causing bees to become disoriented, preventing them from returning to the hive. The flimsy cell phone argument was used to explain Colony Collapse Disorder. Today the LA Times reports that researchers at UC San Francisco have uncovered what they believe to be the real culprit: a parasitic fungus. Other researchers said Wednesday that they too had found the fungus, a single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae, in affected hives from around the country."

Comment Re:More studies like this? (Score 1) 283

Yeah, I plan on all original work, but its nice to know what other people have done. Its good to have a solid theoretical background, even if other people aren't using the same paradigms. The problem I run into is that a lot of the work focuses on the influence that internet usage has on people in their real lives, whereas I want to focus on social interaction on the internet itself.

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