SETI@Home Upgrade
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Blind Cave Fish
Breeding blind cave fish from different populations results in offspring that can see.
Families and Puberty
A supportive, positive home life may protect kids from early puberty.
Sightless Light Detection
Even some blind people can respond to light in non-visual ways.
Behind Shivering
Shivering is triggered through a separate pathway from conscious cold perception, according to new …
Virtual Surgery
Digitally simulated patients may take some of the guesswork out of surgery.
Changing Accents
A listener asks: How far apart do people have to live in order to have different accents?
Wavering Warblers
Scientists have discovered surprising geographical variation in what some female songbirds find …
Sexy Fruit Flies
In a species of fruit fly, a male's attractiveness to the opposite sex gets passed from one …
Cooling Menthol
How menthol and the ability to sense cold are genetically linked.
Cocaine-resistant Mice
Mice lacking a single receptor in the brain don't become dependent on cocaine.