Obesity Virus
A common virus makes human stem cells accumulate fat in the lab.
Teflon Antibiotics
Combining Teflon chemistry with natural antibiotics could lead to powerful drugs.
Useful Bacteria Roundup
Scientists are finding novel ways to put bacteria to good use.
Mosquito Roundup
A promising new treatment for malaria is based on an ancient herbal remedy.
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IQ is overrated, why we have wisdom teeth (and why some people don't), an ancient Chinese remedy for malaria, how not to repel mosquitoes, and your skin's natural defenses against bacteria.
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Grilling could take a toll on your health, smarter doesn't equal richer, an infection could help prevent asthma, a step toward fusion reactors, and the closest living descendants of dinosaurs.
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Deciphering the calls of blue whales, genetic tests for mental conditions, a three-way symbiotic relationship, studying tear film, and the truth about tanning beds.
Useful Measles Roundup
Scientists are training the measles to attack cancer cells.
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The call of a rare bird, marijuana-like brain chemicals, the Earth without a tilt, using measles to fight cancer, and making public aquariums accessible to the blind.
Forest Roundup
Scientists are enlisting the cheese industry in fighting a tree-destroying bug.
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Using ultrasound to find expensive wood, how cheese is helping to fight a tree fungus, the connection between prostate cancer and a lack of male sons, the division in your brain, and the secret to a ultra-white beetle.
RNA Drugs
A new drug may work by silencing the genes of viruses and other disease-causing agents.
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A recipe for life on Mars, how Alzheimer's and herpes are related, amnesia obscures the future as well as the past, a zoo exhibit features humans, and what the appendix is for.
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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
Cannibal Blood Cells
Cannibalism is a big no-no for people. But it's a yes-yes for some blood cells.
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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.
Dental Smart Bomb
A new generation of "smart" dental rinses could help eliminate cavities.
Sea Microbes Roundup
Scientists are using new techniques to identify and count viruses in the ocean.
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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.