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Health & MedicineChimp brains don’t shrink
Primate studies aim to find out why humans get dementia.
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Health & MedicineTossing, turning, forgetting
A new study in mice finds that sleep disturbance erodes memory.
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SpaceGoing where no Mars rover has gone before
NASA's next Mars mission, Curiosity, will land in the Red Planet's Gale Crater.
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Health & Medicine‘Wave of death’ may not be a last gasp
A minute after decapitation, a rat's severed head shows signs of life.
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PsychologyKids share, chimps stash
Divvying up goods comes easily to 3-year-old kids but not to adult chimps, a finding with evolutionary implications.
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PhysicsParticle discovery fills a gap
The neutral xi-sub-b is the eighth of nine predicted family members to be found.
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EarthSmall volcanoes add up to cooler climate
Airborne particles sent skyward by eruptions since 2000 have counteracted the warming effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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LifeA tryst, then the power to resist
House mice in Europe got some of their tolerance for rodenticides from hybridizing with a completely different species
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LifeThe lion eats tonight …
Attacks on humans peak after a full moon, when feline bellies tend to rumble.
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Health & MedicineSomething in the air may cause lung damage in troops
Unexplained breathing problems in soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan come from deposits that damage tiny passages in the lungs.
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PhysicsQuantum theory gets physical
New work finds a physical basis for quantum mechanics.
By Devin Powell