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Life

Mice missing protein burn more fat

Research on the receptor for the 'hunger hormone' suggests a molecular strategy for revving up the body’s furnace.

Health & Medicine

Salvia says high

Laboratory researchers show that the psychoactive substance in a popular, largely legal recreational drug causes a short but intense period of hallucination.

Humans

Apartments share tobacco smoke

Children in nonsmoking families have higher levels of secondhand exposure if they live in multifamily dwellings.

Chemistry

Clever way to break the nitrogen-nitrogen bond

New chemical reaction cleaves dinitrogen molecule and brings carbon and nitrogen together.