Genetics and Stress
A gene for a brain receptor can make people more or less vulnerable to stress.
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Fungus Roundup
Adding fungi to soil helps plants grow better, and a good fungus protects cacao trees from a bad …
Cocaine-Blocking Virus
A virus engineered with antibodies to cocaine gives rats a temporary resistance to the drug's …
Dog Seizure Alert
A survey of families whose dogs can anticipate seizures in their epileptic children .
Hearing Roundup
A new hearing aid with three microphones enhances party conversation, and growing up in a quiet …
P.O.W. Memory
People interrogated under high-stress conditions cannot reliably identify their attackers.
Tongue Sensor
A device transmits camera images via electrical pulses on the tongue.
Attractiveness
Maternal grandmothers like their grandkids the best, paternal grandfathers the least; and a person's …