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- A mind for math: A part of the brain associated with making memories may also predict success in learning math
- Teens take home science gold: A low-cost, self-driving vehicle; battery alternatives and analyses of galaxy clusters claim top prizes at a global high school science competition
- Flagging loose bolts: “Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger
Here, a male and female bed bug have found each other, but sometimes a male bed bug will mistake another male for a good mating partner. In such cases, pheromones can play a different role than usually thought by sending the message “back off!”
Credit: Rickard Ignell/Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Eruption early in human prehistory may have been more whimper than bang
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Greed may breed financial fitness, but evolution allows unselfishness to survive
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Fine-tuning of technique used in other animals could enable personalized medicine
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Simulation suggests long-term effect on sea level not as dire as some predictions
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Coverage of the 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting
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The Year in Science 2012
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Three-part series on the scientific struggle to explain the conscious self
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