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- Brain
Learning language before birth
Scientists find that newborns can recognize vowel sounds similar to those spoken by their parents.
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- Computing
Your head’s battery
Fluids in the inner ear can actually power an electronic device, such as an implant.
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- Chemistry
Secret signals
Animals respond to chemical messages they may not even realize they’re swapping
- Math
Hitting streaks spread success
For baseball players who want to increase their batting success, a new study offers this tip: Get on a team with a slugger.
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- Earth
Less ice, more seawater
Shrinking ice sheets contribute to rising sea levels, large-scale study confirms.
- Math
Cool Jobs: Math as entertainment
At DreamWorks Animation (and previously at another company called Digital Domain) Nafees Bin Zafar creates software used to make the special effects in motion pictures — and sometimes cartoons — look as realistic as possible.
