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.
NeuroMedical Roundup
Thanks to a brain implant, a teenage boy now plays video games with only his mind.
Caffeine Withdrawal
A listener asks: Why do I get a headache if I go without coffee?
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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.
Snap Judgments
First impressions are important, and new research shows we form them with remarkable speed.
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The better way to commute, resetting your internal food clock, why we don't remember our dreams, fungi that live in plants, and the problem with some drug companies' patient headhunting practices.
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The world's sharpest needle, a cancer treatment from a war paint plant, how men are like dogs, an outdoor greenhouse, and your brain's reaction to exercise.
Stress Eating Roundup
A type of hamster overeats when stressed, just like many of us.
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Cars that communicate with each other, reasons to get rid of the penny, improving the information in video games, chubby hamsters help with obesity research, and why snow is white when water and ice are clear.
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How humpbacks size up a school of fish, a marine tracking network, replacement retinas that work like the real thing, a sniper-detecting robot, and the hidden costs of rough roads.
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How to end offensive sports chants, a coal-based jet fuel, how a love hormone softens marital spats, why poor people are more likely to be obese, and a fossil ancestor of modern birds.
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Music could help treat Parkinson's, new ways to probe for underground bacteria, a handy test for caffeine, stress in pregnancy may be good, and an explanation for how Ritalin works.
Pregnancy Stress
If being pregnant in today's fast-paced world is enough to stress you out, take heart. It may be a good thing.
Music and Parkinson’s
An experimental treatment for Parkinson's symptoms doesn't even require a prescription.
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Testosterone could treat multiple sclerosis, the end to mowing lawns, nature's super-strong superglue, finding dread in the brain, and the connection between vaccines and beer.
Testosterone and MS
The "male hormone" may hold a key for treating one chronic brain disease.
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Microbes on Mars, cell phones tracking weather, the relationship between brain size and intelligence, humans controlling sharks and cockroaches, and the pros and cons of having lots of testosterone.