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Fatty Diet Leads to Fat-Loving Brain Cells
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
Cheeseburgers pack on the pounds, but in mice a high-fat diet also packs on new nerve cells in the...
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An Invisibility Cloak for Heat
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
Infrared sensors are able to peer into the night and see people in complete darkness because people give off...
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New Plastic Mimics Skin’s Ability to Bleed, Heal
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
The next time you get a new smartphone or laptop and accidentally drop it, instead of getting permanent cracks...
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Richard Dawkins Celebrates Reason, Ridicules Faith. Again
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
Barbara King interviewed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, a meeting that was suggested by the American arm of the Richard...
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What Really Happens When You Die?
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
Overwhelmingly, people who’ve had so-called near-death symptoms report a calmness, lack of fear, and feeling of being one with...
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Brains: Humanity’s Quest to Understand What’s Inside Our Skulls
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
A new exhibition in London is putting the brain under a microscope — literally. “Brains: The Mind as Matter”...
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Pond Skaters’ Feet Inspire Buoyant New Material
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
The feet of pond skaters have helped create a novel super-buoyant material. Finnish scientists have drawn on the structure...
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Population Explosion Adds to Planet’s Pressure Cooker
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
The world’s surging population is a big driver of environmental woes but the issue is complex and solutions are...
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Nuclear Plants Could Fuel Hydrogen Future
By the Editor on March 26, 2012
Using hydrogen as a clean, renewable source of energy could free us from fossile fuels. But hydrogen atoms don’t...
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Link Builds Between Weather Extremes and Global Warming
By the Editor on March 26, 2012
Extreme weather events over the past decade have increased and were “very likely” caused by manmade global warming, a...
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