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- Silk: Mimicking how spiders make their complex array of silks could usher in a tapestry of new materials, and other animals or plants could be designed to be the producers
- Itch: Scientists trace a new path behind the maddening, unrelenting, screaming desire to scratch
- Half-life (more or less): Physicists are stirred by claims that the sun may change what’s unchangeable—the rate of radioactive decay
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The last day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting offers new ideas on gender-based behavior, the genetics of creativity, the brain power of motherhood and the non-randomness of blinking.Found in: Behavior, Biology, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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The second day of the Society for Neuroscience meeting offers insights on dyslexia and gender, the brain on age, touch receptors under the skin and a way to reduce brain swelling after head trauma.Found in: Behavior, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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Study with the telomerase enzyme gives mice a longevity boost without high cancer risk.Found in: Biology, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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Viral heart infections respond to interferon treatment, easing cardiomyopathy in some patients.Found in: Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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Scientists trace a new path behind the maddening, unrelenting, screaming desire to scratchFound in: Biology, Biomedicine, Body & Brain, Humans and Psychology
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The Republican presidential hopeful faces a small but lingering risk of cancer recurrence.Found in: Biomedicine and Science & Society
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A vaccine against rotavirus shows potent protection against the diarrhea-causing pathogen in its first year of widespread use.Found in: Biomedicine
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Turning down the thermostat on a home's water heater could foster the growth of toxic bacteria in home plumbing.Found in: Biology, Biomedicine, Environment, Science & Society and Technology
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Nov 20th 2008
Math Trek
Mathematicians develop computer proof-checking systems in order to realize century-old dreams of fully precise, accurate mathematics. Nov 14th 2008
Mathematicians develop computer proof-checking systems in order to realize century-old dreams of fully precise, accurate mathematics. Nov 14th 2008
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Book Review: The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, Timothy Gowers, ed
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Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat— And How to Counter It
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