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- Health & Medicine
The essence of celery
Tasteless compounds in celery give the vegetable essential flavoring powers.
By Emily Sohn -
AnimalsThe secret lives of grizzlies
By studying grizzlies in captivity, scientists are gaining insights into how bears—and their hearts—tick.
By Emily Sohn - Health & Medicine
Heart revival
Scientists have found a way to transform a rat's dead heart into a living one.
By Emily Sohn - Physics
Powering ball lightning
A new study might help explain what fuels bouncing balls of fire that occasionally form in nature.
By Emily Sohn - Health & Medicine
Babies prove sound learners
Scientists are gaining new insights into why babies are so good at learning languages.
By Emily Sohn -
PhysicsDiamond glow
Rare diamonds that glow in the dark may help scientists distinguish real gems from fake ones.
By Emily Sohn - Health & Medicine
Memory by hypnosis
Scientists are using hypnosis to better understand how the brain remembers—or doesn't.
By Emily Sohn - Health & Medicine
Sweeeet! The skinny on sugar substitutes
Millions of people use artificial sweeteners, but are they safe?
By Emily Sohn - Earth
Arctic melt
There is less ice than ever recorded in the Arctic Ocean, and scientists are concerned.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Monkey math
Monkeys can estimate sums almost as quickly as people can. The finding provides insight into how math skills developed in the human brain.
- Space
A whole lot of nothing
Scientists have discovered a huge expanse of nothingness in outer space.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Thieves of a feather
Birds that steal might be the smartest birds in the flock.
By Emily Sohn