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- Life
Carnivores can lose sweet genes
A gene involved in taste detection has glitches in some, but not all, highly carnivorous mammals.
- Humans
Science competition finalists go public
Public day allows high school students to present their projects.
- Chemistry
Polymer power drives tiny reactions
Applying pressure to a building block of plastic in water, researchers generate enough energy to make your Nikes glow and do other chemical work.
- Life
Microraptor’s true blue colors
The birdlike dinosaur had black, iridescent feathers that may have helped it attract mates.
- Paleontology
Triceratops reigns alone again
Fossil comparison fends off a challenge that holds the dinosaur is but the immature version of the Torosaurus.
- Space
Ancient impact may explain moon’s magnetic mystery
Anomalies near crater suggest scattering of iron-rich debris.
- Life
Bee genes may drive them to adventure
Scouting behavior linked to certain molecules in insect brains.
- Health & Medicine
A dash of marrow helps kidney transplant
A new approach enables researchers to wean some patients who receive poorly matched kidneys off immune-suppressing drugs
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Old memories interfere with remembering new ones
Scans in healthy people reveal how the brain juggles outdated versus fresh information.
- Life
Exercise brings on DNA changes
Workouts and caffeine can turn on genes that make energy-regulating proteins.
- Physics
Lose a memory, use energy
Lab experiment confirms link between erasing information and heat flow.
- Space
Galactic smashup leaves dark matter debris
Find in ‘train wreck’ cluster forces astronomers to re-think theories about relationship between mysterious dark matter and galaxies.
