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Christmas Research Papers Tackle Goofy Problems in Medicine
The British Medical Journal’s holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots
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Scientists Finally Figure Out the “Big Bang” of Bird Evolution
The genomes of 45 birds contributed to the most in-depth bird evolutionary tree ever created
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Backpackers Walk Across a Completely Clear Frozen Lake
A cool video raises the question: Why is most ice cloudy?
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Superbugs Could Become a Top Cause of Death by 2050
If left unchecked, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill more people than cancer by 2050
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Conserving Tigers Could Hurt Leopards
When one predator returns, another can be displaced
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The Plan to Save Louisiana’s Coast Is a ‘Moon Shot’
The plan involves moving silt from upstream down into the delta—but no one knows if there’s actually enough
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By Absorbing Smells From Its Food, This Fish Gets Scent Camouflage
The harlequin filefish is a master of camoufalge
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You’ve Never Seen Nerve Endings Like These
Scientists produce the most detailed images of nerve endings ever made
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A Volcano on Cape Verde Is Wiping Out Whole Towns
An eruption at the Pico do Fogo volcano has forced 1,200 people to evacuate
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Curiosity Rover’s Mars Crater May Have Cradled Large Lakes
Signs of water on Mars aren’t new, but now scientists think water may have been there for a long time
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California’s Ongoing Drought Is Its Worst in 1,200 Years
Tree ring records unveil the severity of California’s drought
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That Detox Diet Is Not Going to Rid Your Body of Toxins
It doesn’t matter how many pureed veggies you drink, they won’t vaporize those mysterious “poisons” you’ve heard about
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It’s Possible to See Exoplanets Without Schmancy Equipment
A cheap DSLR and some light computer processing can unveil far off exoplanets
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Like Underwater Jedi, Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Other Fish
Electric eels can shock prey into both revealing their positions and freezing in place
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A Successful First Flight For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
American spaceflight enters a new era
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Listen to the Sounds of a Dying Coral Reef
Healthy coral reefs produce a medley of sounds that ocean creatures use as homing beacons
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Humpback Whales in the Arabian Sea Have Been Isolated for 70,000 Years
Conservationists want this particular population of humpbacks to be classified as critically endangered
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Bats Have Specific Brains Cells for Tracking Their Location While in Flight
Humans likely carry the same kind of cells in our own brains
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Let Wildlife Recordings From the 1930s Take You Back to Nature
Hear African wildlife from the 1930s with the British Library’s nature sound archives
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