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FOR KIDS: Unconventional spill

Wed, 2013-09-11 07:23
An accidental spill of extra-heavy crude oil points to some unusual challenges in safely getting this petroleum to market
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FOR KIDS: Video games: When granddad wins

Wed, 2013-09-11 07:10
With some practice, people over 60 bested untrained 20-year-olds
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FOR KIDS: Meet the new meat

Wed, 2013-09-11 07:08
Scientists made a hamburger without harming animals; but it cost as much as a house
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FOR KIDS: Building blocks of the future

Wed, 2013-09-11 07:05
New lightweight, x-shaped blocks could be used to make cars, planes, buildings – and even spacecraft
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FOR KIDS: Putting the brakes on overeating

Wed, 2013-09-11 07:02
Restoring a chemical in the gut sends a message to mouse brains to stop overating
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FOR KIDS: Preventing frog-sicles

Wed, 2013-09-11 06:59
Trio of chemicals keeps some frogs from freezing to death
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FOR KIDS: Pretty baby

Wed, 2013-09-11 06:38
Young star rockets out matter that glows
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FOR KIDS: Mud worth more than gold

Wed, 2013-09-11 06:31
This ancient muck from far below Antarctica's ice promises to tell a riveting tale about Earth's ancient climate
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Szechuan pepper taps at nerve fibers

Tue, 2013-09-10 15:00
The spice makes lips tingle at 50 beats per second
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Horsetail spores don't need legs to jump

Tue, 2013-09-10 14:41
Plant's curly, humidity-controlled ribbons propel epic leaps
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FOR KIDS: Caffeine rewires brains of baby mice

Tue, 2013-09-10 10:39
Brain changes and memory problems plagued mouse pups whose moms had consumed caffeine during pregnancy
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Avoiding feces may be 'luxury' wild mice can't afford

Tue, 2013-09-10 10:15
In the woods, finding food may trump a poopy location
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News In Brief: Fructose may be key to weight gain

Mon, 2013-09-09 14:27
Mice that could not make or metabolize the sugar gained less than normal mice
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Meteorite that fell last year contains surprising molecules

Mon, 2013-09-09 09:30
Compounds in space rocks like the one that broke up over California may have helped seed life on Earth
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Egypt wasn't built in a day, but it did rise quickly

Mon, 2013-09-09 09:18
New timeline of ancient civilization's earliest days finds little time between earliest villages and dominant centralized state
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Babies perk up to sounds of ancient hazards

Mon, 2013-09-09 08:27
A snake's hiss and angry voices quickly capture infants' attention
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News in Brief: World's largest volcano lurks beneath Pacific Ocean

Fri, 2013-09-06 06:34
The dormant behemoth may rival ones on Mars
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Many genes in dolphins and bats evolved in the same way to allow echolocation

Fri, 2013-09-06 05:54
Widespread changes scattered across the genomes of distantly related species crafted the trait
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Device offers promise of no brain tumor left behind

Thu, 2013-09-05 11:33
New technique might allow surgeons to identify edges of cancers
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A gut infection can keep mice lean

Thu, 2013-09-05 10:52
Bacteria can invade one rodent from another, preventing both from getting fat
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