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Butterfly-Inspired Surgery Camera

April 10, 2018

A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

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Bowhead whale and calf. (NOAA/National Ocean Service)

Bowhead Whale Songs

April 9, 2018

The songs of Arctic bowhead whales are constantly changing.

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Ocean Plastic to Energy

April 6, 2018

Technology for turning plastic trash into energy could keep the garbage out of the ocean.

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NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Lagoon Nebula. (NASA/ ESA/ J. Trauger/Jet Propulson Laboratory)

Space Smells

April 5, 2018

A listener wants to know if space has smells.

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Designer DNA

April 4, 2018

Bits of DNA may prevent neurons from producing a disease-causing protein.

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Our laundry could be harmful to the environment. (CC0/via Gratisography)

Ocean Microfibers

April 3, 2018

Tiny fibers from our washing machines could harm marine life.

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Race Car Conflict

April 2, 2018

Researchers learn about aggression and conflict by watching Formula One races.

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Easy Exercise

March 30, 2018

Short bouts of exercise can add up to big health benefits.

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Tooth Sensor

March 29, 2018

Researchers develop a tiny electronic biosensor to monitor mouth chemistry.

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Earwig Origami

March 28, 2018

Engineers are learning new folding tricks by studying earwig wings.

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Mexican cavefish (H. Zell /CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikipedia - cropped

Cavefish Blood Sugar

March 27, 2018

Blind cavefish have a genetic mutation that gives them high blood sugar, yet they suffer no ill …

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(DennisM2 via flickr/public domain)

Listening to Seizures

March 26, 2018

Scientists have developed a method for listening in on the brain to detect “silent” seizures.

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