Headache Prevention
Injected into specific muscles, Botox prevents migraines and chronic headaches
Ant Civil War
An endangered secretes chemicals that may be turned into a pesticide.
Blood Cell Delivery
A new technique to use red blood cells to deliver medications
Melanoma Resistance
The mechanism that allows skin cells to survive UV exposure to make melanin may make those same skin …
Seismic Spy Web
Using seismometers to characterize terrorist and other manmade explosions
Bone Healing
Cox-2 inhibiting NSAIDS can slow down or stop bone healing (in rats and mice)
High Priority Genomes
Which genomes are next up for sequencing, and why
Sound Effects
Foley sound effects sound more like the real thing than actual sounds -- Studying why
Ginseng Berries
The ginseng berry has a high concentration of a compound that lessens symptoms of diabetes.
Fire-Eaters
Why don't fire-eaters burn their mouths? (Saliva absorbs heat, use cool-burning fuel)
Predicting Evolution
Predicting antibiotic resistance by forcing bacterial genes to evolve in a test tube
Cracking Whip
A whip crack comes from a loop accelerating down the length of the whip.