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Chewing gum that's not sticky. Worms and bacteria team up. Some very hairy genetics. And more.
Woolly DNA
Woolly mammoths went extinct thousands of years ago. But now their genetic past is being resurrected through new DNA techniques.
Life Origins Roundup
A new study suggests that scientists looking for extraterrestrial life should look in interstellar space clouds, made of hydrogen cyanide gas.
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Whale-inspired windmills. Tracing the origins of a killer asteroid. Using vowels to sell. And more.
Whale Energy
The shape of humpback whale flippers could make wind energy more efficient.
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Scientists have identified the event that probably created the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
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Ice that won't melt. Finches driven to cheat. How music effects the brain. Increased carbon dioxide produces super weeds.
HPV and cancer in men.
Shrubs and CO2
Carbon dioxide emissions can help shrub weeds at the expense of grasslands.
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Antibiotics made out of Teflon. A new diet for chickens. A virus that can cause obesity? Why things aren't quite as bad as we think they'll be. And just how fast can dolphins swim?
Chicken Diet
Special diets are helping curb the environmental impact of chickens.
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Counting underwater volcanoes. A new source of antibiotics. Which trees are better at fighting global warming. The power of repeating yourself. And crows that use tools to get food. video
Underwater Volcanoes
A new count reveals hundreds of thousands of undersea volcanoes.
Tree Carbon
A listener asks: Which trees are more effective at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, conifers or deciduous trees?
Agriculture Roundup
Unless the U.S. adopts different agricultural practices, the nation's topsoil will continue to disappear at an alarming rate.
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Diet foods could make kids fat, the incompatibility of ape and human blood, the secrets of fingerprints, all about the jet streams, and how the United States can better conserve its topsoil.
Useful Bacteria Roundup
Scientists are finding novel ways to put bacteria to good use.
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Sparrows that prefer up-to-date songs, glaciers and global warming, upwardly mobile robots, bacteria to combat oil spills, and how self-tanners work.
Glacier Ice Melt
We hear a lot about the melting polar ice sheets. But smaller ice caps may actually pose an even bigger problem.
Polar Roundup
Icebergs are the perfect home for some organisms, and researchers explore an undersea ridge.
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Listening to muscles, yoga may stave off depression, a blood-based bandage, a protein inhibits aging in fruitflies, and whether lizards or snakes evolved first.
Energy Roundup
Power could go wireless, and sound could be made into electricity.
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Making sounds morph, a lost herd of elephants, twins' secret languages, runaway carbon emissions, and the marriage-obesity connection.
Carbon Emissions
Carbon emission rates may be higher than scientists thought.