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A condition that makes people pointless, preparing for a pandemic, an early apelike ancestor, a hearing aid in glasses, and promising results about avian flu.
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Emailing in your sleep, a lost planet, the risks of marketing remedies, a laser that zaps fat, and new developments in nanotechnology.
Calcium and Stroke
Everyone knows that calcium helps build and maintain strong and healthy bones. But it also has positive effects on the brain.
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A super memory, elephant dung and the oil crisis, girls go online, navigating the asteroid belt, and heart-healthy bacon.
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Timid football coaches, the link between obesity and pain, the poorest crop, a new anthrax detector, and corals on carbs.
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A tiny plane that flaps its wings, the why of "what," how depression scars the brain, why sex pays, and the robin-West Nile connection.
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Baby's ear for language, the effects of streams on salamanders, what kids do online, how marital stress can be bad for your heart, and a computer that picks perfect employees.
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The dangers of toxic algae, the intelligence of autistics, antibiotic resistance in dirt, rats' sense of smell, and diagnosing dinosaurs.
Autism and IQ
There's a lot of talk about an autism epidemic these days. But what if autism isn't a disease at all?
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How to catch lying politicians, black holes are for real, a virus that could make you fat, having deja vu over and over again, and man versus beast.
Chronic Deja Vu
Almost everyone's had deja vu: the feeling that you've experienced something before, even though you haven't. But what if the feeling never let up?
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An ancient soil-enrichment technology, life outside the solar system, our instant beauty-detectors, our bias for beauty, and running out of metals.
Pheromone Perfume
In honor of Valentine's Day, we explore some modern-day love potions that claim science on their side.
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The North Star's companion, the origin of laughter, scientific mind-reading, an explanation of dark energy, and new insights into cancer and AIDS.
Memory Retrieval
When you're searching for a document on your computer, you can actually watch the computer scanning its memory until it finds a match. Recently, scientists got a similar view of memory retrieval in humans.
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A better way to browse music, sexual orientation in the brain, a great locust migration, the tectonic future of California, and why the desert is an Amazon.
Rewarding Faces
Looking at attractive people stimulates the brain's reward centers. Now new research shows the reward depends on sexual orientation.
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Blocking addiction in the brain, how particle accelerators work, mapping the Milky Way, the other human genome, and how tobacco could save lives.
Addiction Blocker
A promising chemical may counteract the brain changes that go hand-in-hand with addiction.
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Pushing the boundaries of maps, how the space station makes oxygen, body image in the brain, how noise affects the heart, and why the narwhal has a tusk.
Body Image
People with anorexia and other eating disorders can become dangerously thin but still feel overweight. New research may point to a cause.
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Long-term effects of a winter birthday, a genetic basis for MS, women downplay heart disease, bacteria that might treat cancer, and what the colorblind actually see.
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Watching memories in the brain, how to make new element, a cure for the afternoon slump, what makes a swallow sexy, and new research on nutrition.
Memory Trace
Nobody can peer into your brain to see your memories. But, recently, scientists may have seen what a memory looks like in the brain of an insect.