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- Science & Society
Figure skating judges get a 10 for duplicity
Sport’s reform efforts have resulted in more nationalistic bias and vote trading.
- Health & Medicine
Vitamin C could give chemo a boost
Injected into mice, the supplement helped anticancer drugs shrink tumors.
- Neuroscience
Prosthetic provides sense of touch to man who lost hand
A new prosthetic hand restores a sense of touch by stimulating nerves in the arm.
- Materials Science
Graphene strands free electrons from resistance
Ribbons of carbon can form electron freeways, potentially paving the way to new kinds of electronics.
- Ecosystems
Amazon doesn’t actually go green in dry seasons
An optical illusion in satellite data made forests appear to grow faster.
- Planetary Science
Asteroid shows its inner differences
The peanut-shaped space rock is more compact on one side than on the other.
- Quantum Physics
Tom’s Top 10 interpretations of quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics has given birth to dozens of interpretations, which themselves need interpretations.
- Life
The fluid part of semen plays a seminal role
We often think of reproduction as involving only sperm and egg. But a new study highlights the seminal role of liquid semen in fertility and healthy offspring.
- Genetics
Chemical changes to genes make twins’ pain differ
Chemical changes to genes may make identical twins experience pain differently.
- Health & Medicine
Overcoming peanut allergy requires maintenance for most
In small study, nearly all people who stopped eating the legumes daily later experienced an allergic reaction.
- Life
Mosquito sperm may sense smells
Mosquitoes’ sperm may have chemical sensors that detect odors similar to the way the insect’s antennae sort smells.
- Particle Physics
Single-pole magnet emerges in frozen concoction
An experiment has simulated the long-sought magnetic particle.
