George Washington Carver: Renaissance Man
Carver was a painter, singer, and piano teacher, taught farmers the virtues of crop rotation, and...
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Countering Memory Loss With Cocoa Compounds
Researchers try to counteract age-related memory decline with cocoa flavanols.
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Could This 3-D Printer Print Itself?
This week, HP announced its new 3-D printer, which it claims can print materials strong enough to...
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Behind the Monster Music: Why Some Tunes Scare Us
Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin and Sound Opinions co-host Jim DeRogatis discuss the neuroscience...
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The Rosetta spacecraft has detected the scent of a comet...and it stinks.
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Witness two tales that will make your skin crawl and your mind reel with fear and curiosity.
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Ebola Vaccines Fast-Tracked As Outbreak Slows
Jon Cohen, a staff writer covering the outbreak for Science magazine, says that despite the...
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A Haunted House Turned Scientists’ Lab
Scientists turn Pittsburgh’s ScareHouse into a real-world lab to discover why some brains thrive...
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Doctors ‘Unwrap’ a 3,000-Year-Old Mummy
Radiologists use CT scans to piece together the life, and death, of Egyptian mummies.
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The Science Club meets to discuss your observations of the world around you, from spider habitats...
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Meet ‘The Innovators’ Who Made the Digital Revolution
Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators shows how the digital revolution was a team effort.
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Fossil Find Pushes Back Neanderthal-Human Mixing
Researchers say a leg bone discovered in a Siberian river bank belongs to a man who lived some...
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Hand Sanitizer May Increase BPA Absorption
Hand sanitizer and similar products could increase the amount of BPA absorbed by the skin.
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Nerve Transplant Allows Paralyzed Man to Move Legs Again
The pioneering treatment uses cells from the nasal cavity and strips of nerve from the ankle to...
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Making a Meal From a Mouthful of Seawater
A manta ray can filter 240 gallons of seawater per minute.
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Rooting Out the Plant Microbiome
Scientists are uncovering the importance of the plant microbiome for fighting off pathogens and...
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John Harvey Kellogg and his brother, W.K., are known today for their most famous discovery—corn...
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Forensic Entomologists Hunt Down Insects to Help Catch Criminals
To help piece together a crime scene, forensic entomologists examine the insects found in the area.
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Weighing In on the ‘Good Carb, Bad Carb’ Debate
Curbing “high glycemic” carbs may not benefit healthy eaters.
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Moving Ice May Mean More Melting for Greenland
By 2060, Greenland’s seasonal “supraglacial” lakes will double in number and move farther inland.
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