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What’s Causing California’s Bright Pink Sea Slug Bloom?

They might be fun to look at, but they’re not necessarily good news

January 30, 2015

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South Korea’s ‘Women of the Sea’ Have Free Dived For Abalone Since the 17th Century

Diving supported life on the wind-scoured, rocky island of Jeju

January 30, 2015

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Scientists Finally Know How Baleen Whales Hear

A beached whale, a supercomputer, a scientific mystery solved

January 30, 2015

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Scientists Try Out 2,300-Year-Old Brain Surgery Techniques

Experiments conducted by a Siberian research team shed light on the neurosurgical methods evident in three Iron Age skulls

January 30, 2015

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There’s a Big Rift in Opinion Between Americans And Scientists

New study shows that citizens and scientists only agree some of the time

January 30, 2015

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Planets Formed Close to Their Stars Are Named for Vulcan, the Roman God of Fire

Closer to their stars than Mercury is to the Sun, these hot worlds deserve an explanation

January 30, 2015

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The “Friendship 9” Who Sat At A White-Only Lunch Counter Have Been Cleared

The men who participated in a South Carolina sit-in were sentenced to 30 days hard labor in 1961

January 29, 2015

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The Ohio Measles Outbreak Wasn’t Caused by “Anti-Vaxxers” But by an Amish Traveler

Blaming the anti-vaccination movement for an uptick in measles is oversimplification

January 29, 2015

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A 10,000-Year-Old Forest Has Been Discovered, And It’s Under Water

Ancient oak trees found on the bottom of the North Sea represent a prehistoric woodland that likely spanned thousands of acres

January 29, 2015

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Why “Expensive” Medicines Might Actually Work Better

Perceived cost might influence drugs’ benefits

January 29, 2015

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For the First Time in Almost a Century, a Rare Red Fox Was Seen at Yosemite

Cameras and “hair snares” could preserve a threatened Sierra species

January 29, 2015

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A Newly Discovered Caterpillar Makes a Deadly Fortress of Its Cocoon

Scientists have found a caterpillar in a Borneo forest that uses toxic tree resin to build an extra-safe home for its metamorphosis

January 29, 2015

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Are You Binge-Watching Because You’re Depressed?

A new study found that people who were depressed binge-watched TV more—and used TV binges to deal with negative emotions

January 29, 2015

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How Halitosis Became a Medical Condition With a “Cure”

Bad breath wasn’t perceived as a medical condition until one company realized that it could help them sell mouthwash

January 29, 2015

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Spiders Spin Electrically Charged Silk To Make It Sticky

The garden center spider doesn’t put sticky glue on its web; it uses a complex spinning process to build prey-snaring silk threads

January 28, 2015

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Being Politically Correct Can Actually Boost Creativity

In mixed-gender groups, being PC makes everyone more comfortable and lets ideas flow

January 28, 2015

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These Five Earth-sized Planets Are Super Old

Kepler-444 is 11.2 billion years old and its five planets could tell us about planet formation in the early universe

January 28, 2015

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Did Archaeologists Just Find Miguel de Cervantes, 400 Years After His Death?

A centuries-old crypt could hold the answer to the mystery of Cervantes’ missing remains

January 28, 2015

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Sugar Is Causing Girls to Get Their Periods Sooner

Why shunning soda might help reduce premature puberty rates

January 28, 2015

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Did Fishermen Find Evidence of an Unknown Group of Primitive Humans?

A fossilized jawbone pulled from the seafloor near Taiwan may be from an ancient type of hominin new to science

January 28, 2015