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Night Owl And Early Bird Teens Think Differently

Night owls score higher than morning people on general intelligence, but morning people get better grades

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With Music, What You See Affects What You Hear

A flourish of the arm can seem to extend a note, even if the sound itself is exactly the same

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Why Is Flu Season in Winter?

It has to do with the dry winter air, says new research

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The Secret to Olive Oil’s Anti-Alzheimer’s Powers

A natural substance found in olive oil called oleocanthal helps to block and destroy plaque build up in the brain that causes Alzheimer's

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Women Who Score Well on Both Math And Verbal Tests Still Don’t Choose Science Careers

This may be because women have some many career options these days, researchers write, or maybe it's just sexism

Various iterations of the Müller-Lyer Illusion. For most people reading this, the bottom lines will seem longer than the top, despite being the same length.

Are Optical Illusions Cultural?

People from around the world respond to optical illusions different. But why?

For Truck Drivers, Coffee May Save Lives

Drivers who drank caffeine-laden beverages were 63 percent less likely to crash than those who did not - even if they were more sleep deprived

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People Can Accurately Read Dogs’ Facial Expressions

Interestingly, people who do not own dogs were a bit better at accurately labeling canine emotions than people who do own dogs

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Earthquakes Are Basically Gold Factories

In the cracks between tectonic plates, veins of gold appear

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Scientists Build a Phaser, a New Kind of Sound-Laser

A laser that shoots sound, a Star Trek fantasy that's nearly within reach

Ecotourists Have Changed Stingrays’ Behavior—And Not for the Better

There might be a dark side to the so-called "interactive ecotourism" business

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This New Search Engine Helps Doctors Diagnose Rare, Obscure Diseases

A quarter of rare diseases normally take between 5 to 30 years to diagnose; this tool hopes to streamline that process

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Would You Give up an Ovary for the Ability to Fly? Birds Might Have

For the ability to fly, birds might have ditched on of their ovaries to cut down on their weight

This cliff swallow has built a nest beneath a road.

Are Birds Evolving to Avoid Cars?

New research suggests that perhaps, for some animals, evolution might be kicking in and helping birds adapt to avoid cars

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Black Plague Death Pit Dug Up in London

Dug up during London construction, the bodies of those killed by the black plague

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New Set of Patients May Be Cured of HIV With Early Treatment

Researchers announce that they have cured fourteen adults of HIV by treating them early

Hearing Just One Half of a Conversation Is Really, Really Annoying

"Yep." "Yep." "Sure, okay." "5?" "Oh no she di..." "What?" "Oh man that's crazy!"

A simulation of a particle collision as seen by the Large Hadron Collider’s CMS experiment.

Eight Months Later, Physicists Double Down on Claim of Higgs Particle Discovery

No longer Higgs-like, now just Higgs

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Pluto May Have Ten More Teeny Tiny Moons

Poor little Pluto could have a dozen moons and some rings, and yet it still isn't a planet

Lake Vostok has been cut off from the environment for ages beneath the thick Antarctic ice.

Brand New, Never Before Seen Bacteria Found in Frozen Antarctic Lake—Maybe

Scientists are revealing, then recanting, then reaffirming their claim to have discovered a new type of bacteria

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