High Intensity Workouts
A few short bursts of high-intensity exercise may be more effective than hours of conventional training.
Big Cold Animals
A new explanation for why animals grow larger at higher latitudes.
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ANIMALS: Reindeer lack internal clocks, why animals from higher latitudes are larger, and the relationship between size, intelligence, and longevity in dogs.
Ocean Creature Roundup
Small marine creatures called sea squirts are helping medical researchers test treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
Marine Epilepsy
Algal blooms can cause epileptic symptoms in sea lions and other marine mammals.
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INSIDE THE MIND: Scanning memories in the brain, the neural overlap between music and language, inside the mind of a sleepwalker, the cognitive consequences of teenage binge drinking, and more.
Whales & Diatoms
The diversity of ocean algae has correlated with the diversity of whale species over the past 30 million years.
Dolphin Viruses
Dolphins are the only animal besides humans known to get multiple papillomaviruses, but unlike humans they don't develop cervical cancer.
Sea Slug Photosynthesis
A species of sea slug begins to harvest energy from the sun after eating algae.
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MARINE LIFE: Photosynthesizing sea slugs, epileptic sea lions, dolphin viruses and whale diversity.
Anti-Cancer Roundup
The analytic tools of supercomputers are helping researchers identify potential new drugs.
Germs & Genes
Our genes affect our vulnerability to different kinds of infectious diseases.
Learning Evolution
An innovative exhibition helps children learn the concepts behind biological evolution.
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AAAS ANNUAL MEETING SPECIAL - How diabetes benefits dolphins, dolphin intelligence and welfare update, looking for new drugs from the sea, and how genes affect your susceptibility to germs.
Animal Behavior Roundup
A great ape called the bonobo never grows up.
Mussel Glue
A glue inspired by mussels may help prevent premature labor or miscarriages.
Fatherless Sharks
A new study finds that the offspring of virgin sharks are surprisingly healthy.