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The mosquito's love song, putting highway surveillance cameras to a medical use, behind the obesity vaccine, 9/11 rescue workers' lungs, and the physics of candy wrappers.
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Cars that communicate with each other, reasons to get rid of the penny, improving the information in video games, chubby hamsters help with obesity research, and why snow is white when water and ice are clear.
Gaming Information
Video games are chock full of information--story lines, character traits, and maps, to name a few. But is it all getting across to players?
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An evolutionary reason for morning sickness, fibers that act as eyes, a South American culture that puts the past ahead, Wal-Mart's economic impact, and new insights from Darwin's Finches.
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How humpbacks size up a school of fish, a marine tracking network, replacement retinas that work like the real thing, a sniper-detecting robot, and the hidden costs of rough roads.
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How to end offensive sports chants, a coal-based jet fuel, how a love hormone softens marital spats, why poor people are more likely to be obese, and a fossil ancestor of modern birds.
Offensive Chants
Scientists are developing new ways to keep sports fans from getting out of hand.
Coal-Based Jet Fuel
Good old-fashioned coal could revolutionize jet fuel.
Invisibility Cloak
Harry Potter's invisibility cloak may not be completely fictional for much longer.
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Music could help treat Parkinson's, new ways to probe for underground bacteria, a handy test for caffeine, stress in pregnancy may be good, and an explanation for how Ritalin works.
Caffeine Test
Llamas may soon help you test whether that decaf your server just poured is really decaf.
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Microbes on Mars, cell phones tracking weather, the relationship between brain size and intelligence, humans controlling sharks and cockroaches, and the pros and cons of having lots of testosterone.
Mobile Meteorology
Your cell phone conversations may help meteorologists keep track of the weather.
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A condition that makes people pointless, preparing for a pandemic, an early apelike ancestor, a hearing aid in glasses, and promising results about avian flu.
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Flat light bulbs, teens with migraines, what makes cells alive, reversing cell division, and how the garlic mustard plant kills trees.
Flat Lights
Flat-screen TVs and computer monitors are in high demand. But what about flat lights? We learn why they could be the next bright idea.
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Fish Week! An underwater surveillance program, fish of the abyssal plain, the math of mayonnaise, calcium and stroke, and medical help from fish.
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A super memory, elephant dung and the oil crisis, girls go online, navigating the asteroid belt, and heart-healthy bacon.
Elephants and Ethanol
To reduce our dependence on oil, scientists are renewing their efforts to make alternative fuels like ethanol economically viable. Here we learn how elephant dung might help.
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A tiny plane that flaps its wings, the why of "what," how depression scars the brain, why sex pays, and the robin-West Nile connection.
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A parasite from cats, how comets kick the bucket, the next best thing to dino DNA, helping disabled kids find their voices, and using lasers in medicine.
Hiring Roundup
Would you trust a computer to match you with your perfect job--or your perfect mate? One researcher thinks you will.
Spin Algorithm
How can you tell when a politician is telling the truth or laying on the spin? A new computer program may help.