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Icy-Cold Beverages (rerun of #2831)

April 24, 2003

rerun

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New Crayfish

April 23, 2003

A new crayfish resproduces asexually and its origins are unknown

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Dangerous Hail (rerun of #2826)

April 22, 2003

rerun

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Dirty Waves

April 21, 2003

How surfactants and other pollution affects the way waves break.

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Well-Being Roundup

April 18, 2003

Polling people on their havens; happiness and big life events; asserting your will weakening

Read moreWell-Being Roundup

Gila Monsters

April 17, 2003

Gila monsters cool off in an unusual way

Read moreGila Monsters

Gravity Detector

April 16, 2003

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

Read moreGravity Detector

The Pill Question

April 15, 2003

ÒWhat happens to all of the eggs of women who have been on the pill for a long time?...Ó (they are absorbed every month

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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

Read moreCaffeine Anxiety

Hormone Roundup

April 11, 2003

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

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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.

Read moreSleep Roundup

Blood Types

April 3, 2003

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

Read moreBlood Types

Feeling Pain

April 2, 2003

The hormone estrogen makes women less sensitive to pain.

Read moreFeeling Pain

Big Heads

April 1, 2003

Does a bigger head mean a bigger brain? (Generally, but it doesn't mean you're smarter.)

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Ptarmigan Teaching

March 31, 2003

Mother ptarmigans teach their chicks to what foods to eat by calling to them.

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Buggy Plants Roundup

March 28, 2003

Atlantic salmon can escape from Pacific fish farms, vitamin D prevents bone fractures, and organic foods contain more phytochemicals.

Read moreBuggy Plants Roundup

Montezuma’s Revenge

March 26, 2003

The toxin from E. coli that causes diarrhea may help prevent colon cancer.

Read moreMontezuma’s Revenge

Learning Language

March 25, 2003

Using a fake language to figure out how babies learn words

Read moreLearning Language

Eavesdropping Plants

March 24, 2003

Wild tobacco plants pick up hormones produced by sagebrush and develop defenses against herbivore attack.

Read moreEavesdropping Plants

Stardust Roundup

March 21, 2003

Stardust from the atmosphere, tracking earthquakes by looking at leaning trees, and better software for clearing up traffic jams

Read moreStardust Roundup
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