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Health & Medicine

Making snotty scents

Mucus may play big role in the nose's job of smelling.

Chemistry

Like poison for phosphorus

Scientists report finding bacterium that can live off arsenic.

Space

When the universe began … again

Physicists suggest maybe the Big Bang was the latest of many bangs.

Environment

Lakes, too, feel global warming

Environment

What’s in your receipt?

Here's one way to avoid BPA this holiday season.

Brain

Jet lag slows hamster brains

Study suggests chronic jet lag could affect human brains too.

Tech

Students put robots to the test

Robotics competition inspires student inventors, future scientists.

Environment

The carbon dioxide coral generation

More acidic oceans could mean fewer young corals.

Animals

What the cat’s tongue catches

New study shows how cats use physics to drink.

Environment

The carbon dioxide coral generation

Tech

Coffee gives robots a grip

Ground coffee, balloon and vacuum create robotic 'hand'

Animals

Census of the oceans

Ten years of work reveals new species, amazing diversity.