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Sleeping birds, sperm wars, looking for water on distant planets, and the value of "most".
Eating When Full
If you find yourself reaching for dessert when you're already full, the hormone ghrelin may be responsible.
Writing the Brain
Scientists have pinpointed the brain region responsible for efficient reading, writing and spelling.
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THE FOOD SHOW - High school students expose food fraud in New York City. Does gelatin really come from cow hooves? And the hormone behind eating when you're already full.
Angry Faces
A new study suggests that not only do we cue into angry faces, we're more likely to think they're looking right at us even if they're not.
Failing Vision
Nearsightedness is becoming more and more common in the United States.
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Mountaintop removal mining's devastating effects on the environment, ancient Martian lakes, an herbal disappointment, fish that punish cheaters, and reading and writing in the brain.
Wide Awake Drunk
Energy drinks containing both caffeine and alcohol could lead to unsafe behavior.
First Impressions
First impressions of someone's personality based on a photograph alone can be surprisingly accurate.
Facebook Personality
Our social networking profiles are surprisingly accurate reflections of our true personalities.
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BRAIN REPORT: Vigorous exercise could stave off Parkinson's disease, oxygen-defying naked mole rats, why alcohol and caffeine make a dangerous combination, and why you can't fool anyone on Facebook.
Aging Roundup
A sign of premature aging shows up in the DNA of people who were abused as children.
Accounting Fraud Alert
A new algorithm looks for accounting fraud by analyzing non-financial statistics.
Flu by the Book
A listener asks if handling library books puts him at an increased risk of contracting an influenza virus.
Cigarette Bacteria
Cigarettes harbor a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria.
Genes & Empathy
A genetic variation correlates with a strong sense of empathy.
Sick Mummies
Researchers discover signs of heart disease in ancient Egyptian mummies.
Old Flu Antibodies
Outbreaks of the H1N1 virus during the twentieth century left many people with long-term resistance to the swine flu.
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FLU REPORT: Why older people are at less risk of contracting the H1N1 flu virus, how to avoid the flu, and can you get the flu from a library book? Also: ancient mummies with heart disease and harmful bacteria discovered in cigarettes.
Chewing Gum Myth
A listener asks: If you accidentally swallow chewing gum, does it really take years to go through your system?
Aggressive Faces
Men's facial structure correlates with aggressive behavior, and how others judge them.
Newborn Accents
The sound of a newborn baby's cry depends on the language its parents spoke while it was in the womb.
Asthma Patients
Patients with "difficult to treat" asthma often turn out not to be taking their medication regularly.