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- Health & Medicine
Heart benefits from quitting smoking outweigh weight gain
People who give up cigarettes have fewer heart problems despite gaining weight.
- Planetary Science
Life-friendly environment confirmed on Mars
Drill sample from bedrock reveals chemistry that could have supported microbial life.
- Humans
Students bring home big prizes for science projects
The 2013 Intel Science Talent Search awards teens for research.
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- Tech
Plastic implant replaces three-quarters of man’s skull
The polymer cranium was made using a 3-D printer.
- Life
Tasmanian devil disease reveals its secrets
The contagious cancer evades the animal’s immune system by turning off key genes.
- Tech
Facebook ‘likes’ can reveal users’ politics, sexual orientation, IQ
With data from thousands of volunteers, researchers connect social media activity to personal traits.
- Earth
Canada’s ice shrinking rapidly
Melt from Arctic Archipelago will raise sea levels by 3.5 centimeters.
- Physics
Particle caught flip-flopping
At the Large Hadron Collider, researchers observe D mesons oscillate between particle and antiparticle.
- Humans
Ancient people and Neandertals were extreme travelers
Stone Age folk were built for journeying farther than even the most active individuals today.
- Neuroscience
Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol
Compared with the brains of light drinkers, the brains of heavy alcohol drinkers burn acetate better.
- Chemistry
Caffeine’s buzz attracts bees to flowers
Nectar of some blooms carries the drug, which improves bee memory.
