Kissing Roundup
We've all heard that laughter is the best medicine. But it turns out kissing may give it some competition.
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Dolphins have names, birds keep tabs on their rivals, public health workers may not show during a pandemic, kissing cures hayfever, and a special report on a fish library that's getting a high-tech makeover.
Digital Fish
For World Ocean Day, we report on a fish library that's getting a high-tech makeover.
Pandemic No-Shows
Preparing for a flu pandemic takes more than just stockpiling vaccines. A major factor is keeping critical human resources on the job.
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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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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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Flat light bulbs, teens with migraines, what makes cells alive, reversing cell division, and how the garlic mustard plant kills trees.
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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.
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Fish Week! An underwater surveillance program, fish of the abyssal plain, the math of mayonnaise, calcium and stroke, and medical help from fish.
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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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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A parasite from cats, how comets kick the bucket, the next best thing to dino DNA, helping disabled kids find their voices, and using lasers in medicine.
Language Technology
Autism, Down's syndrome, and cerebral palsy make it hard to communicate through speech. But new technologies are helping kids with these conditions find their voices.
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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.
Marital Heartache
We all know that stress is bad for your heart, and stress in your marriage is one of the worst kinds. But recent research suggests that men and women react to marital stress differently--at least in their arteries.
Dino Doc Roundup
Some diseases that humans suffer from today, like cancer and gout, can also be seen in animals all the way back to dinosaurs. But do doctors belong in the same room as fossilized bones? One medical school says yes.
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The dangers of toxic algae, the intelligence of autistics, antibiotic resistance in dirt, rats' sense of smell, and diagnosing dinosaurs.
Microbe Roundup
It's uncanny how quickly germs come up with counter-defenses against every drug that researchers develop. Here we report on two new efforts to gain the upper hand.
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What makes a song popular, spite in chimps, the up-side of parasites, the physics of cracking, and fighting flesh-eating viruses and tuberculosis.
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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.
Obesity Virus
It's well known that washing your hands will help you avoid catching colds. But could it also keep you from getting fat?
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Cocoa's cardiovascular kick, the truth about pheromone perfumes, stopping toxic runoff, reconstructing a dead language, and healing socially deprived children.