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Science or Nonsense? Science confronts alternative medicine and vaccine myths. Also: Can we learn anything from violent video games?
Vaccine Myths
A listener asks: is there any truth to rumors that vaccines cause autism?
Alternative Medicine
So-called "alternative" medical therapies and treatments promise relief from chronic illness when conventional medicine fails. But do the claims hold up to science?
Protein Pathways Roundup
Scientists identify a protein that blocks nerve regeneration.
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Future Survival: A vaccine for antibacterial-resistant staph infections, future crops use space-age technology, and growing green roofs
Staphylococcus Vaccine
A new vaccine for staph infections could reduce the problem of antibiotic resistance.
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How spiders avoid getting caught. Plastic that's as strong as steel. A purpose for the appendix? And more.
Cancer Resistance
A small portion of the population may be especially resistant to cancer…could harnessing this ability lead to a simple and effective cancer therapy?
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The mosquito's exquisite sense of smell. How genes affect our odor perception. The cognitive skills of apes and toddlers. New analysis of old fossils leads to surprising discoveries. And how forensic scientists get DNA from blood.
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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.
HPV and Neck Cancer
HPV is best known for causing cervical cancer, but it may also be causing head and neck cancers in both sexes.
Blood Sugar Roundup
New research shows the effects of different foods and beverages on blood sugar levels and insulin resistance.
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Why the flu strikes in winter. The genetic code of one species found inside another's. Salamanders that are too fat to be eaten by predators. Why some of us have perfect pitch and others fall flat. And the effects of pastries on blood sugar.
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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?
Obesity Virus
A common virus makes human stem cells accumulate fat in the lab.
Teflon Antibiotics
Combining Teflon chemistry with natural antibiotics could lead to powerful drugs.
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A computer with a sense of humor. Frisky foxes. Giant insects of the ancient earth. And more.
Immigrant Health
Mexican immigrants tend to be healthier than Mexican-Americans born in the United States, according to a new study.
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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.
Fruits & Vegetables
A listener asks: Do fruits and vegetables lose their nutrients if stored too long?