Health & Medicine
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Babies prove sound learners
Scientists are gaining new insights into why babies are so good at learning languages.
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Sweeeet! The skinny on sugar substitutes
Millions of people use artificial sweeteners, but are they safe?
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A recipe for happiness
Want to be happier? Recent studies show that science can help.
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The buzz about caffeine
Is caffeine bad or good for you? The answer is: a little of both.
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Toxic Dirt + Avian Flu = Science Fair Success
Fifteen-year-old Nolan Kamitaki shows what it takes to become one of America's top young scientists.
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The electric brain
Electrical implants allowed a brain-damaged man to talk, eat, and move again.
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A big discovery about little people
Humans may have once walked the Earth with tiny people—a possible newly discovered species that scientists have nicknamed "hobbits."
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Don’t Eat That Sandwich!
If you drop a sandwich on the floor, how quickly does it pick up bacteria?
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A Better Flu Shot
A new kind of vaccine that's made in caterpillar cells prevents influenza.
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Chew for Health
Surprise your teacher: New studies show that chewing gum might be good for you!
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Wake Up, Sleepy Gene
Variation in the length of one gene affects how well you function when short of sleep.
