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Health & MedicineBody & Brain
The brain 'sees' Braille, plus engineered urethras and baseball practice swings in this week's news.
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LifeFruit-eating fish does far-flung forestry
Overfishing may be robbing trees in the Amazonian floodplain of vital seed dispersers.
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HumansClimate meddling dates back 8,000 years
Cutting down trees put lots of carbon into the atmosphere long before the industrial revolution began.
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Health & MedicineBody & Brain
Thank your mom for your big brain, plus contagious itching and phobia therapy in this week’s news.
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LifeWorries grow over monarch butterflies
Migrants overwintering in Mexico rebounded somewhat this past winter, but still trending downward.
By Susan Milius -
Health & MedicineMeditators can concentrate the hurt away
Experiment participants felt less pain while practicing mindfulness.
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EarthEarth/Environment
Forecasting volcanic eruptions, plus saving mangroves and long-distance pollution in this week’s news.
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LifeTrees of stone tell tropical tale
Peruvian petrified forest offers insight into low-latitude conditions of millions of years ago
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AnimalsExtensive toolkits give chimps a taste of honey
Chimps living in central Africa’s dense forests make and use complex sets of tools to gather honey from beehives, further narrowing the gap between the way humans and chimps use tools.
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ClimateCultivation changed monsoon in Asia
The loss of forests in India, China during the 1700s led to a decline in monsoon precipitation.
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LifeDeath-grip fungus made me do it
Infection may be driving ants to set their jaws in low-hanging leaves before they die.
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EarthA source of haze
Scientists identify how a hydrocarbon commonly emitted by plants is converted to light-scattering aerosols.
By Sid Perkins