Science

Taste of fructose revs up metabolism

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Pancreas can pump more insulin in response to the sugar
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Demystifying the Mind

Science Links - Mon, 2012-02-06 16:37
A three-part series on the scientific struggle to explain the conscious self
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Chimps lend a hand

Science Links - Mon, 2012-02-06 16:02
Finding suggests nonhuman primates have theory of mind
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Little Ice Age began with a bang

Science Links - Fri, 2012-02-03 17:13
Frozen moss suggests climate cooling kicked off fast, possibly with help from volcanoes
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FOR KIDS: Mapping the invisible

Science Links - Fri, 2012-02-03 16:45
Astronomers don’t know what dark matter is, but they have mapped where it’s hiding
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FOR KIDS: A Ghost Lake

Science Links - Fri, 2012-02-03 16:44
Scientists study an ancient lake that once covered much of Utah to learn lessons for the future
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FOR KIDS: Lip-reading babies

Science Links - Fri, 2012-02-03 16:41
Before they start talking, babbling babies ‘read’ mouths
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Super-Earth spotted in life-friendly zone

Science Links - Thu, 2012-02-02 15:52
Latest exoplanet entry creeps closer to long-sought goal of habitability elsewhere
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Addicts and siblings share brain features

Science Links - Thu, 2012-02-02 14:44
Finding suggests genetic component for diminished self-control, other behaviors
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Some corals like it hot

Science Links - Thu, 2012-02-02 14:33
Western Australian reefs faring better than eastern counterparts
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Plants swap chloroplasts via grafts

Science Links - Thu, 2012-02-02 11:12
Energy-converting cellular organs can pass through garden-variety connections
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Muscle massage may speed healing

Science Links - Wed, 2012-02-01 16:01
Molecular benefits to rubbing overworked areas include reduced inflammation
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Big volcanoes wake up fast

Science Links - Wed, 2012-02-01 14:16
Crystal chemistry suggests magma changes quickly before a huge eruption
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Arsenic-based life finding fails follow-up

Science Links - Wed, 2012-02-01 12:10
Tests see no evidence that microbe uses element in cellular machinery
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Spacecraft captures dust from interstellar wind

Science Links - Wed, 2012-02-01 11:19
Particles giving clues to composition of space beyond solar system
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Bird flu leaves tracks in brain

Science Links - Tue, 2012-01-31 17:07
Virus might create vulnerability to neurological disorders, research in mice suggests
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No sleep, no problem, but keep the grub coming

Science Links - Mon, 2012-01-30 17:40
Fruit flies thrive without slumber, until food gets low
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Predatory pythons shift Everglades ecology

Science Links - Mon, 2012-01-30 17:19
As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent
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Long-lived people distinguished by DNA

Science Links - Mon, 2012-01-30 17:05
Study finds genetic signatures of the extremely old
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Solar storm

Science Links - Mon, 2012-01-30 17:03
Solar flare sets off auroras around the Arctic Circle
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