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An invention called the solarclave could help prevent millions of annual infections that result from improperly cleaned medical equipment
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Unlike any other small mammal, bats stretch their tendons to store and release energy, helping the creatures launch into the air
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Reading, writing and other mental exercises, if habitual from an early age, can slow down the age-related decline in mental capacity
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By mixing different types of stem cells in petri dishes, researchers created liver "buds" that effectively filtered blood when implanted in mice
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Staph microbes with resistance to common treatments are much more common in industrial farms than antibiotic-free operations
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Just posting calorie counts isn't very effective. What may work, though, is framing overeating in terms everyone understands
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Software engineer Alexey Papulovskiy has built Contrailz, a site that generates visuals of flight data over cities around the world
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Forty countries that receive low levels of aid for environmental conservation contain about one-third of the world's threatened species
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Plant impressions found underneath a pair of ancient humans in Israel indicate they were buried ceremonially, atop a bed of flowers
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Before the elusive particle could be discovered—a smashing success—it had to be imagined
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
A new type of cell could lead to dramatic cures—and avoid ethical controversy
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NASA and NOAA release satellite images of Earth and all its vegetation
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Ion engines, solar sails, antimatter rockets, nuclear fusion--several current and future technologies could someday help us fuel an interstellar journey
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Pinpointing exactly why we yawn is a tough task, but the latest research suggests that our sleepy sighs help to regulate the temperature of our brains
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Research suggests that the more opportunities you have to connect with different people--and fresh ideas--the more creative and productive you tend to be
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Houston photographer Deborah Bay captures the violent power of projectiles lodged in bulletproof plexiglass
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The “Wankel Rex,” discovered in Montana in 1988, is one of just a dozen complete skeletons worldwide
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Our shoulder flexibility allows us to hurl things at high speeds compared to other primates—a trait we likely evolved for hunting two million years ago
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Research is showing how much the bonds between dogs and their owners have become like a parent-child relationship
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Like pine beetles sickening a forest as they spread, cancer can be seen as a disruption in the balance of a complex microenvironment in the human body
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