Useful Measles Roundup
Scientists are training the measles to attack cancer cells.
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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.
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Why rainbows are round (yes, round), ultraviolet light is an aphrodesiac to jumping spiders, getting rid of interior rattles in cars, senior citizens are less reliable crime eyewitnesses, and why some medical studies are more likely to get refuted.
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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.
Nonsmoker Lung Cancer
Non-smoking women get lung cancer at a higher rate than non-smoking men.
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Using ultrasound to find expensive wood, how cheese is helping to fight a tree fungus, the connection between prostate cancer and a lack of male sons, the division in your brain, and the secret to a ultra-white beetle.
Sons and Prostate Cancer
Is there a link between prostate cancer and lacking male children?
Pollution and Obesity
Could pollution be a cause of the obesity epidemic?
RNA Drugs
A new drug may work by silencing the genes of viruses and other disease-causing agents.
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Where insects go in winter, winged dinosaurs, fish that cannibalize their young, calculating the value of polio vaccinaton, and mining can cause earthquakes.
Polio Vaccine Savings
When it comes to public health, spending money can save money.
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Why you're not perfect, sitting up straight could be bad for you, the downfalls of two ancient civilizations coincided with climate change, the study of procrastination, and your useless organs.
Vestigial Organs
Believe it or not, our bodies have parts that don't have any use.
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A recipe for life on Mars, how Alzheimer's and herpes are related, amnesia obscures the future as well as the past, a zoo exhibit features humans, and what the appendix is for.
Alzheimer’s and Herpes
New research in animals suggests that a common virus may play a role in Alzheimer's.
The Vestigial Appendix
A listener asks: Does the appendix have a purpose?
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Small distractions could be big trouble, the effects of cell phone waves on our health, how nature cleans itself, eels and grouper hunt together, and squirrels and spruce trees outwit each other for seeds.
Cell Phones and Health
A listener asks: What's the effect of wireless devices on our health?
Rich and Happy Roundup
Your state of mind can help you fight off a cold.
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Giving blood could be good for you, backpacks are better with bungee cords, taking a census of the air's bacteria, happiness helps ward off colds and flu, genetic engineering protects against mad cow disease
Blood Donor Bonus
Giving blood can make you feel good about yourself. But could it be good for you, too?