Babies’ Eye for Language
Babies can see the differences between languages, even without hearing them.
Mental Illness Gene
One gene may underlie two devastating mental illnesses.
Brain Brake Roundup
Can dirt make you happy? Can your brain save your life?
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Replacing your skeleton with metal, a sniff test for neurological diseases, a decline in baby boy births, how your brain puts on the brakes, and the Robin Hood inside many of us.
Brain Sniff Test
A simple sniff test may help doctors pick up the scent of debilitating brain diseases.
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The Darfur region has an ancient underground lake, animals navigate with internal compasses, what plants would look like on other planets, why offering too many choices is bad marketing, and why kids have temper tantrums.
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The science of deja vu, pollution from cities affects rainfall on mountaintops, a machine that can make almost anything, diets just don't work, and celebrities don't make great salespeople.
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Taking a picture of an itch, the genetics of social behavior, the drying of the American Southwest, looking a hurricane in the eye, and a stop-smoking diet.
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How supernovas make heavy elements, why teenagers have angst, some fierce arachnids get cuddly, why tanning is addictive, and the thinnest material ever made.
Teen Angst
New research may explain why seemingly trivial problems send young teens into rages and depressions.
Video Game Roundup
Playing video games could have benefits as well as consequences.
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Life-and-death decisions from computers, video games are good and bad, seeing red hurts test scores, Dr. Tatiana on animal sex, and the link between obesity and puberty in girls.
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Deciphering the calls of blue whales, genetic tests for mental conditions, a three-way symbiotic relationship, studying tear film, and the truth about tanning beds.
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The call of a rare bird, marijuana-like brain chemicals, the Earth without a tilt, using measles to fight cancer, and making public aquariums accessible to the blind.
Cannabinoid Drugs
Marijuana-like chemicals in the brain could be key to improving Parkinson's symptoms.
Old Brains Roundup
Senior citizens are less reliable witnesses, and a finding that could help stave of memory loss.
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Why you can't remember your babyhood, Africa's pulling apart, how amoebas move, nonsmoking women are more prone to lung cancer than nonsmoking men, and coral reefs are susceptible to global warming.