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- Health & Medicine
Fevers can have some cool benefits
Fever boosts the immune system by zipping germ-busting cells to the site of an infection, new data show.
- Chemistry
Ham bone broth could be a tonic for the heart
Health and fitness websites claim that drinking bone broth is a miracle cure. Here’s what some new research has to say about that.
- Chemistry
Why we should stop ignoring the life stories of minerals
All pure diamonds are the same mineral. But they didn’t form the same way. One scientist thinks it’s time to talk about the life stories of such rocks.
- Animals
Scientists Say: Okapi
Okapis are African mammals that look a bit like horses and a bit like zebras. But they’re most closely related to giraffes.
- Health & Medicine
What’s behind frequent strep throat? Consult the tonsils
A faulty immune response might explain why some kids get strep throat often, new data show. Another problem: The diagnosis may a case of mistaken identity.
- Climate
Disappearing sea ice could disrupt Arctic’s food web
When sea ice goes missing in the Arctic, every part of the ecosystem feels the effects.
- Math
Exoplanet hunting, HIV-fighting and math garner big prizes for teens
Winners of the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent search hunted exoplanets in new ways, tracked how HIV likes to hide and tackled some candy jar math.
- Humans
Grandmother can be good for grandkids — up to a point
Women who live past their child-bearing years often help their grandchildren survive, data now suggest. But that help may depend on her age and how close by she lives.
- Climate
Wet and wild 2018 is officially fourth-hottest year
Record rains and heat ravaged different parts of the world in 2018.
- Health & Medicine
Analyze This: Most teens have been cyberbullied
Name-calling was the most common type of six types of cyberbullying that surveyed teens reported.
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Scientists Say: Latitude and Longitude
Latitude is a measure of how far a location is north or south of the equator. Longitude is a measure of how far east or west a location is from the Prime Meridian.
- Science & Society
Students strike to spur adults into climate action
Students worldwide are demanding action on climate change. Coordinated school strikes were slated to take place around the world on March 15.
