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Do You Make Better Decisions When Hungry?
Results from tests on university students contradict the notion that hunger makes you impulsive, instead it might make you intuitive
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40 Percent of Adult Internet Users Have Been Harassed Online
Harassment runs rampant online
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Stone Age Shelter in Peru is the Oldest, Highest Human Settlement
Researchers found campfires and rock art at nearly 14,700 feet, suggesting ancient people lived high just 2,000 years after they reached South America
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Invaders From Cuba Force Florida Lizards to Quickly Evolve (Or Get Out)
In just 15 years, green anoles changed their behavior and evolved bigger, stickier toes to escape alien competitors
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Male Great Bustards Eat Poison to Look Sexier for the Ladies
The toxic compound can kill mammals - including humans - but helps the birds rid themselves of pests
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Vibrating Micro-Bubbles Let Drugs Sneak Across the Blood-Brain Barrier
Ultrasound technology and micro-bubbles together have pried open one of the most resistant barriers in the body
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A Swarm of Comets Around an Alien Star Hints at Our Solar System’s Youth
The comets fall in two groups — one older and one younger — and have to contend with the orbit of a gas giant
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Lose Ice in Alaska, See Temperatures Spike By 7°C
This puts the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2°C to shame
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The Amazon Rainforest Disappeared Way More Quickly This Year
Widespread deforestation is even worse than you think
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Why Hawaii Cares About a Massive Tsunami That Hit Centuries Ago
About 500 years ago, a 30-foot tsunami caused by a 9.0-magnitude quake in the Aleutian Islands slammed into Hawaii
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Like Ants, Small Backpackers Are Adept at Carrying Proportionally Heavier Loads
The weight a person or animal can carry does not increase uniformly with size
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You Don’t Even Want to Know About All the Stuff Living on Your Eyeball
Even eyes can’t escape the microbiome
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This Glacier in Iceland Is Fighting to Stay Alive
The Falljökull glacier has cut off its lower reaches but the upper portion is advancing once again
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Plants Can Sense When Insects Are Eating Them
Plants can sense munching vibrations that insects make, and respond accordingly with heightened defenses
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Nose Cells Transplanted to a Paralyzed Man’s Spine Let Him Walk Once Again
Specialized cells from the nose can promote the regeneration of nerve cells
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The camel cousin evolved fluff instead of fat because it was able to linger in an evolutionary slow lane, suggest newly sequenced genomes
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A Very Ancient Group of Jawed Fish Were Having Surprisingly Intimate Intercourse
Many fish later ditched this clumsy method in favor of external fertilization
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The Milky Way is Stealing Other Galaxies’ Gases
Little dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way are missing their hydrogen
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Arts Degrees: Not Entirely Worthless
Recent graduates of arts degrees report high job satisfaction and employment numbers
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