Food Roundup
Eating a bit of dessert for breakfast helped obese people lose weight and keep it off.
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Foxes & Lyme Disease
Lyme disease correlates with the waning fox population, not an increase in deer.
Rage Blocker
Blocking a brain receptor in mice eliminates pathological aggression.
IV Oxygen
When people stop breathing, they need oxygen fast. New technology could make it possible to get it …
Dogs vs. Asthma
Having a dog in the house may help protect babies from developing respiratory synctial virus (RSV) …
Eye Roundup
New research into the science of the eye reveals reasons our pupils dilate, and why we look up when …
Dairy Detectives
Traces of milk fat in pottery confirm that prehistoric North Africans practiced dairy farming.
Touchy-Feely Robot
A touch-sensitive robotic finger outperforms humans on some tasks.
Tasteless Tomatoes
Scientists discover the biochemistry behind tasteless supermarket tomatoes.
Vampire Spiders & Frankensquitoes
Scientists mix and match mosquito body parts to discover which traits predatory spiders like most.