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NeuroscienceGlobal neuro lab
With more than 50 million users, the brain-training website Lumosity is giving scientists access to an enormous collection of cognitive performance data. Mining the dataset could be the first step toward a new kind of neuroscience.
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AnimalsDNA study reveals new wild cat species in Brazil
A new small cat species, Leopardus guttulus, was discovered in Brazil, hiding in plain sight. The oncilla, researchers say, is really two kinds of cat.
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PsychologyGut reaction could foretell marriage satisfaction
Unconscious gut reactions may predict happy, and not-so-happy, marriages, a new study suggests.
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AnimalsInsect form of sexual frustration takes toll
Smelling female fruit flies but not mating with them can actually shorten males’ lives.
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LifeTo cook up life, just add citrate
The theory that RNA spawned the first organisms gets a boost from a common compound.
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AstronomyComet ISON approaches sun for Thanksgiving flyby
On Thanksgiving, Comet ISON will pass near the sun and may disintegrate.
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EcosystemsCannibalistic mantis invades New Zealand, eats natives
Native male New Zealand mantises try to mate with females of an invasive species, only to find out the hard way that those females eat their mates.
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AstronomyDust cloud, tail could explain exoplanet’s odd light pattern
KIC 12557548 b may be ejecting dust from its surface, creating a cometlike tail behind it and an opaque envelope of material around it.
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Planetary ScienceJupiter’s Great Red Spot explained
A computer simulation is the first to explain how Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has survived for the nearly 200 years humans have observed it.
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SpaceMaking the most of zero gravity
Astronaut and author Chris Hadfield discusses life in, and after, space.
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LifeCompounds defeat malaria at every step
Experimental drugs are first to kill all stages of the parasite’s infection cycle.
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Health & MedicineSimple dietary supplements could help stave off AIDS
Many people newly infected with HIV stayed healthy on regimen involving multivitamins and selenium.
By Nathan Seppa