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Headbanging termites, why we eat salmon before--and not after--they spawn, a "smart bomb" for dental plaque, an ancient Greek sky calculator, and how your first language affects your sense of rhythm.
Termite Headbanging
Termites really know how to raise a ruckus when faced with danger.
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The secret of a Stradivarius violin, how giraffes block a head rush, using bees for homeland security, saving seagrass, and a strange new ingredient in the interstellar soup.
Giraffe Stroke
Giraffes have big-time blood pressure to get blood to their heads. So why don't they burst a blood vessel when they bend down?
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Something unexpected at the North Pole, World Toilet Day and other toilet news, why golf balls have dimples but racecars don't, how a father's pheromones may control his daughter's growth, and using satellites for archaeology in Egypt.
Father Pheromones
Fathers may emit pheromones that keep their daughters young.
Arthropod Roundup
Scientists are studying honeybee societies in order to learn more about our own.
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Whiskers could help robots feel, how bee brains are like human brains, a genetic disorder with musical gifts, how a storm at the North Pole damaged an iceberg at the South Pole, and what science is telling scholars about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Robotic Whiskers
When it comes to the sense of feel, whiskers are some of nature's greatest creations. Now engineers can make them, too.
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The truth about star naming, a practical plan for getting rid of fossil fuels, imitating gecko feet, worms in your diet, and why we have a bias against foreigners.
Gecko Feet
Engineers are trying to imitate the amazing properties of the gecko's toes.
Orca Reconciliation
A captive killer whales couple makes peace after a fight.
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A good time to be a dinosaur hunter, how your personality affects your health, electricity could heal wounds, plastics made from DNA, and the fastest body parts in the world.
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Underwater noise pollution, genes for alcoholism, PCBs may compromise vaccines, proof of dark matter, and uvulas in animals.
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Music composed by a volcano, how quickly we judge others, wildfires release mercury, good news about recovering from stroke and heart attacks, and a contagious cancer in dogs.
Contagious Cancer
We all know that you can't catch cancer. But it turns out that dogs can.
Vocal Dominance
Men's vocal inflections indicate whether they're up for a fight.
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The mosquito's love song, putting highway surveillance cameras to a medical use, behind the obesity vaccine, 9/11 rescue workers' lungs, and the physics of candy wrappers.
Mosquito Love
The facts of life are often discussed in terms of the birds and the bees. But what about the mosquitoes?