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Dead Sea Scrolls’ DNA

November 14, 2006

DNA is helping to solve one of the greatest puzzles in human history.

November 13, 2006

When it comes to the sense of feel, whiskers are some of nature's greatest creations. Now engineers …

November 10, 2006

How wool is made washable, the earliest horse corral, a parasite that prefers baby boys, a medical …

November 10, 2006

Humans and horses have long lived in harmony. But exactly how long, and where were they …

November 9, 2006

A listener asks: How does wool become non-shrink?

November 8, 2006

Strong solar flares could render some GPS receivers temporarily useless.

November 7, 2006

A robot snail could make some medical procedures a lot more comfortable.

November 6, 2006

A latent parasitic infection may make a pregnant woman much more likely to have a boy.

November 3, 2006

Thanks to a brain implant, a teenage boy now plays video games with only his mind.

November 3, 2006

Kids on caffeine, prairie dogs in love, trading shoelace tags for gold in 15th century Cuba, how …

November 2, 2006

Don't go popping pills yet, but aspirin has some promising anti-cancer properties.