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Pain Sensitivity

February 10, 2003

Women are more sensitive to pain than men -- probably because a protein called GIRK-2 doesn't …

February 7, 2003

Control over retirement, schmoozing with friends and eating fish help cognitive preformance in older …

February 6, 2003

Researchers have teased out the gene that makes vitamin C in strawberries, and found it increases …

February 5, 2003

Dust devils spotted and sensed by Pathfinder on Mars -- much like Earth counterparts

February 4, 2003

rerun

February 3, 2003

Mathematical equations describing neurons in bird brains that control birdsong

January 31, 2003

Pasta is being used to model earthquake faults, and the mystery of a disappearing lake is solved.

January 30, 2003

An epidemiological study shows that King Tut's tomb did not have a curse.

January 29, 2003

Engineered bacteria make a protein that can lay down a pattern of circuits on a computer chip.

January 28, 2003

Why is scratching pleasurable? (To encourage you to get rid of an irritant)

January 27, 2003

Echoes may have inspired ancient people to paint on cave walls.

January 24, 2003

Sympathy involves reenacting someone else's mental state, and orangutans show evidence of culture.