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- Life
Scent Into Action
Rodent responses to a whiff of predator may offer clues to instinct in the brain.
- Humans
Social Media Sway
Worries over political misinformation on Twitter attract scientists’ attention.
- Health & Medicine
Tricks Foods Play
Most people would never equate downing a well-dressed salad or a fried chicken thigh with toking a joint of marijuana. But to Joseph Hibbeln of the National Institutes of Health, the comparison isn’t a big stretch.
- Animals
Face Smarts
Macaques, sheep and even wasps may join people as masters at facial recognition.
- Planetary Science
Planetary Peekaboo
Astronomers aren’t playing games when it comes to spotting an exoEarth.
- Tech
When Networks Network
Once studied solo, systems display surprising behavior when they interact.
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Making Data Work
Researchers pursue analogy between statistical evidence and thermodynamics.
- Earth
The facts behind the frack
The gas, primarily methane, is cheap and relatively clean. Because America is brimful of the stuff, harvesting the fuel via fracking could provide the country jobs and reduce its dependence on foreign sources of energy.
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As Told By the Egg
The story of fertilization, from the female point of view.
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Uncommon Carriers
People have a surprising number of rare genetic variants.
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Tangled Roots
Mingling among Stone Age peoples muddies humans’ evolutionary story.
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Himalaya Rush
Scientists scurry to figure out the status of glaciers on the roof of the world
