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November 2, 2007

How spiders avoid getting caught. Plastic that's as strong as steel. A purpose for the appendix? And more.

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October 26, 2007

Chewing gum that's not sticky. Worms and bacteria team up. Some very hairy genetics. And more.

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October 19, 2007

Cancer resistance could be in the blood. Does antibacterial soap really work? A mouse model for autism. And more.

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October 12, 2007

Whale-inspired windmills. Tracing the origins of a killer asteroid. Using vowels to sell. And more.

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October 5, 2007

The mosquito's exquisite sense of smell. How genes affect our odor perception. The cognitive skills of apes and toddlers. New analysis of old fossils …

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September 28, 2007

Ice that won't melt. Finches driven to cheat. How music effects the brain. Increased carbon dioxide produces super weeds.
HPV and cancer in men.

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September 21, 2007

Why the flu strikes in winter. The genetic code of one species found inside another's. Salamanders that are too fat to be eaten by predators. Why some …

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September 14, 2007

Antibiotics made out of Teflon. A new diet for chickens. A virus that can cause obesity? Why things aren't quite as bad as we think they'll be. And …

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September 7, 2007

Counting underwater volcanoes. A new source of antibiotics. Which trees are better at fighting global warming. The power of repeating yourself. …

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August 31, 2007

A computer with a sense of humor. Frisky foxes. Giant insects of the ancient earth. And more.

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August 24, 2007

Diet foods could make kids fat, the incompatibility of ape and human blood, the secrets of fingerprints, all about the jet streams, and how the United …

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August 17, 2007

Dinosaurs and their rivals, a computer that solves checkers, the placebo effect and the brain, keeping fruits and vegetables fresh, and the evolution …

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August 10, 2007

Sparrows that prefer up-to-date songs, glaciers and global warming, upwardly mobile robots, bacteria to combat oil spills, and how self-tanners work.

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August 3, 2007

Do women really talk more than men? Insects that explode to foil predators. Energy from vibrations. What happens to our brains when we get thirsty. …

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July 27, 2007

How fetuses breathe inside the womb, rats that help out other rats, ancient chile peppers found in Mexico, why we yawn, and the surprising forms alien …

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July 20, 2007

How the solar system formed, determining the standard for the kilogram, how brain damage affects art, cancer drugs from trees, protecting ports with …

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July 13, 2007

The importance of bubbles, living on icebergs, family-oriented plants, eye medicine from oven cleaner, and how water gets from your mouth to your …

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July 6, 2007

Listening to muscles, yoga may stave off depression, a blood-based bandage, a protein inhibits aging in fruitflies, and whether lizards or snakes …

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June 29, 2007

Why cows have four stomachs, a new development in wireless electricity, babies' surprising eye for language, a genetic typo detector, and an …

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June 22, 2007

Making sounds morph, a lost herd of elephants, twins' secret languages, runaway carbon emissions, and the marriage-obesity connection.

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June 15, 2007

The dinosaur extinction may have been stinky, carbon emission rates may be worse than was thought, wild wheat plants itself, a cow with naturally skim …

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June 8, 2007

Lasers + diamonds = cool physics, TV ads make kids eat more junk food, the domestic robot is inching closer to reality, talking about sin could lead …

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June 1, 2007

How hibernation works, ceiling height can affect your thinking, the genetic connection between schizophrenia and depression, tapping the jet stream …

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May 25, 2007

IQ is overrated, why we have wisdom teeth (and why some people don't), an ancient Chinese remedy for malaria, how not to repel mosquitoes, and your …

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