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She ain’t scary, she’s my mother
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Elaborate courtship, devoted parenthood, gregarious nature (and occasional cannibalism) — earwigs have a lot going for them
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What if a virus could reverse antibiotic resistance?
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In promising experiments, phage therapy forces bacteria into a no-win dilemma that lowers their defenses against drugs they’d evolved to withstand
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on Sep 10
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Why a diabetes drug fell short of anticancer hopes
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Population and animal studies suggested it could treat cancer, but the clinical trials were a bust. Here’s what happened and what potential may remain.
on Thu, 6PM
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Color is in the eye, and brain, of the beholder
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The way we see color varies for many reasons: from our eye structure, to what language we speak, or even if we live near a body of water.
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The scientist who found a way to tally up global catches is an ocean advocate and a vocal critic of industrial fisheries. Now we have a treaty for the high seas — but does it go far enough?
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A parasitic fungus takes over the brains of flies and controls them for its own sinister ends. Here’s the science behind the horror.
on Nov 8
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How saliva changes the flavor of food
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The liquid that our mouths produce isn’t just a lubricant. It plays an active role in how we perceive taste and can influence what we choose to eat, researchers are discovering.
on Nov 8
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Frogs kick back against lethal fungus
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Scientists are seeing signs of resistance to the infections that have been wiping out the world’s amphibian populations — and developing strategies to aid in the fight Down Under
on Nov 7
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Bustling through the physics of crowds
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COMIC: Using tools from fields like fluid dynamics to better understand how groups of people move around can improve flow and make large gatherings safer
on Nov 7
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The vast majority of people in antiquity were too poor to leave many artifacts behind. But archaeologists have learned how to look beyond the temples and palaces.
on Nov 5
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In Latin America, tens of millions of people live in territories that are governed by outlaws — from powerful drug cartels to crime syndicates. What can be done to restore legitimate law and order?
on Nov 5
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How lunar cycles guide the spawning of corals, worms and more
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Many sea creatures release eggs and sperm into the water on just the right nights of the month. Researchers are starting to understand the biological rhythms that sync them to phases of the moon.
on Oct 31
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Severe irritability in children and teens: A new understanding
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Kids with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder have explosive outbursts well past toddler age. Scientists are trying to work out the causes and what treatments help.
on Oct 30
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on Oct 29
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Can ranked-choice voting heal our poisoned politics?
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New York City is by far the most populous US jurisdiction to date to use ranked-choice voting. Could ranked-choice voting work nation-wide?
on Oct 28
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Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread and more. But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say.
on Oct 25
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The challenges and promises of climate lawsuits
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Lawsuits against emissions-spewing governments and fossil fuel companies have established themselves as a key tool in the battle against climate change, but they aren’t always successful
on Oct 25
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Specialized glass that keeps heat in during winter and lets it out during summer could make buildings much more efficient — if costs and complexities don’t get in the way
on Oct 24
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How a child becomes bilingual — and what can be done to help them get there
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Kids from immigrant backgrounds in the US often struggle to develop fluency in two languages. Many factors — parental misconceptions, the lack of support in schools and social attitudes — play a role.
on Oct 23
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Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies
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One class of drugs has already found success in treating the painful, common attacks.
on Oct 21
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Regeneration: The amphibian’s opus
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Certain salamanders can regrow lost body parts. How do they do it? And could people someday do the same?
on Oct 19
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More people are choosing what to eat based on where it was grown, made or created. An anthropologist looks at the myriad ways we link food to place — and whether it really could make a difference.
on Oct 18
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What is the protein of the future?
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OPINION: It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.
on Oct 18
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Sustainable building effort reaches new heights with wooden skyscrapers
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Wood offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete.
on Oct 17
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The Cybathlon: Bionic athletes compete for the gold — and push assistive technologies forward
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In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life
on Oct 17
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The trouble with medicating mental illness
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Psychotropic drugs have severely narrowed how we treat psychiatric disorders — to the detriment of patients and society as a whole. A look at the past suggests a better way forward.
on Oct 17
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Hope for haploinsufficiency diseases
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Genetic conditions like Dravet syndrome, which causes severe childhood epilepsy, are hard to tackle with traditional gene therapy. New approaches in the works include using antisense therapy to boost mRNA splicing.
on Oct 6
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A warmer planet, less nutritious plants and … fewer grasshoppers?
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Higher levels of carbon dioxide are changing micronutrients in grasses, trees and even kelp. What does that mean for animals higher up the food chain?
on Oct 5
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A shocking number of birds are in trouble
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Rich data on the global state of our feathered friends presents plenty of bad news — but also some bright spots. Researchers know better than ever how to help endangered birds, and there are notable bird conservation successes.
on Oct 5
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Árboles muertos en todo el mundo sorprenden a los científicos
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Los bosques que alguna vez se consideraron resilientes están sufriendo una muerte sorprendente. Para predecir el destino de los bosques del mundo frente al cambio climático, los investigadores necesitan comprender cómo mueren los árboles.
on Oct 4
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Are you my baby? The clever ways that brood parasites trick other birds
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Cuckoos, cowbirds and other species outsource their parental duties. Scientists are uncovering new twists in this sneaky — and often treacherous — game of survival.
on Oct 4
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Natural pest control: Plants enlist their enemies’ enemies
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These stealthy survival tactics could teach us how to curb the widespread use of chemical pesticides in agriculture. But first, researchers must learn how seemingly helpless flora deploy this masterful strategy.
on Oct 2
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We are family: Tracing the evolution of animals
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To understand the origins of muticelled life, researchers are studying a motley assortment of simpler animal relatives. The commonalities they’re unearthing offer a trove of clues about our mutual past.
on Oct 1
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El fageoma: un reino oculto en su intestino
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Las entrañas humanas están repletas de virus que infectan a las bacterias. ¿Qué están tramando?
on Sep 30
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Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how.
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Soldiering through nightly suspended animation, a (nearly) all-sugar diet, backwards flight and long migrations, the birds’ tiny physiques prove mighty
on Sep 25
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Your cells are dying. All the time.
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Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display.
on Sep 23
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What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently? A roboticist describes the fascinating minutiae and the medical jobs these tiny machines could do for us.
on Sep 22
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Better therapy for Asian Americans
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Most of today’s psychotherapies are grounded in Western values. Researchers hope that tailoring treatments to patients’ cultural backgrounds will improve mental health outcomes.
on Sep 21
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How the placebo effect went mainstream
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PODCAST: Sloppy by today’s standards, and maybe even back when it was published in 1955, Henry Beecher’s paper paved the way for sounder drug trials and pushed scientists to better understand how we process pain (Season 3, Episode 3)
on Sep 20
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Targeting the racial disparity in kidney disease
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Some people of West African descent face a higher risk of renal failure. New drugs based on gene research may help right the ship — if they can reach everyone who needs them.
on Sep 19
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How green are biofuels? Scientists are at loggerheads
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Replacing gasoline with ethanol has changed landscapes across the globe as grasslands and forests give way to cornfields. Researchers are deeply divided over what this means for the planet. Here’s the science behind the conflict.
on Sep 18
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Can you believe the polls? It depends
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A veteran of survey research explains why high-quality polling matters — and warns of the proliferation of shoddy gimmicks
on Sep 17
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The tussle over cigarette warning labels, and the hazy future of vaping
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Regulatory hurdles, industry objections and legal fights have gone on for decades over traditional tobacco. What’s in store for the next generation of smoking?
on Sep 15
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What’s that smell — and how’d you know?
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It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we sniff remains mysterious. A neuroscientist explains.
on Sep 6
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Saliva: The next frontier in cancer detection
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Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer
on Sep 5
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New noninvasive RNA tests could help identify at-risk pregnancies
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The next wave of prenatal screening looks for fragments of RNA within the blood to flag risk of preeclampsia and preterm labor
on Sep 2
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These proteins have been secretly managing your cells
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Scientists have long known that histones spool DNA and help regulate genes. They may be doing a lot more.
on Sep 1
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on Aug 28
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Katarina Zimmer: 2024 Folio nomination | Knowable Magazine
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on Aug 27
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The extraordinary case of the ferocious female moles
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Their genital anatomy, musculature and aggressiveness have made them a model for studying the phenomenon of female masculinization — and demonstrate that sometimes, it’s not easy to tell the difference between male and female
on Aug 27