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July 8, 2002

Foley sound effects sound more like the real thing than actual sounds -- Studying why

July 5, 2002

The ginseng berry has a high concentration of a compound that lessens symptoms of diabetes.

July 3, 2002

Predicting antibiotic resistance by forcing bacterial genes to evolve in a test tube

July 2, 2002

A whip crack comes from a loop accelerating down the length of the whip.

July 1, 2002

Fluorescent lights can be used to transmit information wirelessly.

June 28, 2002

The brain organizes numbers visually along a mental number line.

June 27, 2002

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June 26, 2002

Six-month-old babies can distinguish individual monkey faces, but 9-month-olds can't.

June 25, 2002

Why do crackers get soggy and bread gets crisp when they go stale? (Gluten absorbs or loses …

June 24, 2002

An asteroid impact 200 million years ago may have catapulted dinosaurs into dominance.