Blackout Air Quality
The August 2003 blackout over the Northeast gave scientists a way to measure pollution from power …
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Hearing Roundup
Creating sonar antenna based on bat's ears, and blind people really do have better hearing.
Mercury Flybys
NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury needs to maneuver into orbit around the planet.
St. John’s Wort
St. John's Wort can interfere dangerously with other prescription medications.
Hexametric Heart Rhythm
Reciting poetry in hexameter helps to synchronize the heart.
Tanning Roundup
UV light improves mood, making tanning feel good, and a new drug induces tanning without sunlight.
Two Kidneys
Why do we have two kidney but only one liver? (Evolved bilateral symmetry, and kidneys are less …
CD Testing
Miniaturizing a common biochemical test and putting it on a CD makes it fast and cheap.
Surgery Roundup
A new surgical technique goes in through the stomach and leaves no scars, and functioning kidneys …
Mission to Mercury
The MESSENGER space probe to Mercury will be launched in early August.