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Gila Monsters

April 17, 2003

Gila monsters cool off in an unusual way

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Gravity Detector

April 16, 2003

Detecting exploding stars and other stellar events by monitoring minute changes in gravity

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The Pill Question

April 15, 2003

ÒWhat happens to all of the eggs of women who have been on the pill for a long …

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Caffeine Anxiety

April 14, 2003

A variation of the caffeine receptor in the brain causes people to get anxious from caffeine

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Hormone Roundup

April 11, 2003

Testosterone levels in married couples, estrogen improves memory and learning, and male sweat calms …

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Rolling Eyes

April 10, 2003

Why do our eyes roll back when we sleep? (They don't, really; they move all around.)

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African Fractals (rerun of #2865)

April 9, 2003

rerun

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Tilted Earth

April 8, 2003

Why is the Earth tilted? (Got knocked around as it was forming billions of years ago)

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Brain Fitness

April 7, 2003

Physically fit senior citizens retain more brain volume as they age.

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Sleep Roundup

April 4, 2003

Sleep deprivation hurts cognitive ability, even if you don't feel sleepy.

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Blood Types

April 3, 2003

Why do people have different blood types? (Different molecules on the surface of red cells)

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Feeling Pain

April 2, 2003

The hormone estrogen makes women less sensitive to pain.

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