Alzheimer’s and Herpes
New research in animals suggests that a common virus may play a role in Alzheimer's.
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Small distractions could be big trouble, the effects of cell phone waves on our health, how nature cleans itself, eels and grouper hunt together, and squirrels and spruce trees outwit each other for seeds.
Squirrel v. Spruce
Seeds are the prize in an epic evolutionary struggle.
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Giving blood could be good for you, backpacks are better with bungee cords, taking a census of the air's bacteria, happiness helps ward off colds and flu, genetic engineering protects against mad cow disease
Blocking Mad Cow
Genetically engineered cows lack the protein that causes Mad Cow Disease.
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Exploring the origins of life, a laser-enhanced satellite for monitoring ozone, why cannibalism is in everyone's blood, a spit-test for sleepiness, and whether identical triplets are possible.
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An update to the stethoscope, why fevers may be healthy, how whales' brains are like ours, making robots from DNA, and lessons from the fat and skinny genes.
Obesity Pathway
Insights into the genetics of obesity could lead to new drugs.
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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.
Neanderthal Roundup
Little is known about the Neanderthals, a close extinct relative of modern humans. But that could be about to change.
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Your birthday greetings to us, hopeful news about malaria in Africa, robots that can recover from injury, news about Neanderthals, the truth about lie detectors, and money brings out the best and the worst in us.
Inheriting Expressions
New evidence suggests we may inherit our facial expressions from our parents.
Louse Bustin’
Lice are unlikely to evolve resistence to a new technology for exterminating them.
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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.
Williams Syndrome
A rare genetic disorder causes patients to be musically and conversationally gifted.
Dead Sea Scrolls’ DNA
DNA is helping to solve one of the greatest puzzles in human history.
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How wool is made washable, the earliest horse corral, a parasite that prefers baby boys, a medical robot snail, and how solar flares can affect GPS.
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Cycles in the Earth's orbit and tilt may cause extinctions, what got the Oracle of Delphi high, why farming salmon hurts their wild cousins, the masculine face of compulsive shopping, and the health benefits of smoking bans.
Extinction Cycles
Changes in the Earth's orbit and tilt could be responsible for the extinctions of many ancient species.
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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.
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A fabric that detects biohazards, an excess of men, the cost of a year of life, stopping train derailments with lasers, and the rising number of venomous fish.