Komodo Dragon Housework
Housework may be killing female Komodo dragons at an early age.
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Electronic Senses Roundup
An electronic nose can sniff out sleep apnea.
Marshmallows Revisited
Children in the classic “Stanford Marshmallow Study” may have been more strategic than we thought.
Seeing Inside Fukushima
Cosmic rays called muons could help detect uranium in damaged Japanese nuclear reactors.
Amniotic Fluid Medicine
Cells from amniotic fluid can be reprogrammed more stably than traditional stem cells.
Exergame Roundup
Video "exergames" may be helping young people get more exercise.
Medicine Improves Nylon
Cancer research may have just solved a big problem for the nylon industry.
X-Ray Vision Carrots
Giving vegetables catchier names could get kids to eat more of them.
Fleeing Phytoplankton
Scientists report that plant-like organisms called phytoplankton flee their predators just like …