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Tuesday, Feb 9
Synthetic Blood
Researchers have created synthetic red blood cells in the lab. |
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Monday, Feb 8
Sun Glints
Brief glints of light reflected from distant planets may reveal the presence of liquid water or ice. |
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Friday, Feb 5
Memory Roundup
Your ability to remember faces may be in your genes. |
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Thursday, Feb 4
Value of Most
English speakers agree on a surprisingly narrow numerical value for the word “most.” |
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Wednesday, Feb 3
Toilet Seats
A listener asks: Can you get any diseases from a toilet seat? |
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Researchers have confirmed that the offspring of a whitespotted bamboo shark at the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit were produced by parthonogenesis, and have no father. (walknboston/Wikimedia) |
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| Friday, Feb 5 |
ANIMALS: DNA analysis confirms virgin birth in sharks, bonobos are forever young, elephant genes fight disease, and mussel glue inspires medical sealants.
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