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- Animals
Why cats nap and whales snooze
Animals need sleep and sometimes achieve it under what we'd consider extraordinary conditions.
- Health & Medicine
Healing honey
Cough medicines don't work and they can have unpleasant side effects. Doctors are starting to recommend honey instead.
- Animals
New elephant-shrew
Researchers have discovered a species of elephant-shrew that is entirely new to science.
- Health & Medicine
The essence of celery
Tasteless compounds in celery give the vegetable essential flavoring powers.
- Animals
The secret lives of grizzlies
By studying grizzlies in captivity, scientists are gaining insights into how bears—and their hearts—tick.
- Health & Medicine
Heart revival
Scientists have found a way to transform a rat's dead heart into a living one.
- Physics
Powering ball lightning
A new study might help explain what fuels bouncing balls of fire that occasionally form in nature.
- Health & Medicine
Babies prove sound learners
Scientists are gaining new insights into why babies are so good at learning languages.
- Physics
Diamond glow
Rare diamonds that glow in the dark may help scientists distinguish real gems from fake ones.
- Health & Medicine
Memory by hypnosis
Scientists are using hypnosis to better understand how the brain remembers—or doesn't.
- Health & Medicine
Sweeeet! The skinny on sugar substitutes
Millions of people use artificial sweeteners, but are they safe?
- Earth
Arctic melt
There is less ice than ever recorded in the Arctic Ocean, and scientists are concerned.
