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- Life
A cougar in Connecticut
Using DNA and trailside cameras, wildlife biologists retrace the 18-month, 2,000-mile journey of a young male cat.
- Life
Wasp has built-in Facebook
An insect species with a tricky social life has a special facility for telling one bug's mug from another.
- Life
DNA switches tied to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Genetic defects lead to altered activity in other genes.
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- Humans
Brain waves make a fast brake
New technology would allow drivers to slam on the brakes faster just by thinking about it.
- Life
Dolphin may sense the body electric
Organs on the species' snout help it detect faint fields, like those generated by prey.
- Space
Magnetic waves bake the sun’s corona
New observations may explain why the sun’s outer atmosphere is so blazing hot.
- Health & Medicine
Better transplants through centrifuging
Removing some antibodies from the blood of kidney recipients can improve their long-term outlooks, a study finds.
- Physics
C’mon radio, let’s do the twist
Molding signals into spiral shape might expand airwaves’ capacity.
- Physics
No new physics — yet
The world's largest collider has failed to match odd results coming from its nearest rival.
- Health & Medicine
Chimp brains don’t shrink
Primate studies aim to find out why humans get dementia.
- Health & Medicine
Tossing, turning, forgetting
A new study in mice finds that sleep disturbance erodes memory.
