Life

  1. Animals

    Bats before bedtime

    Scientists find new animal species in old rainforests.

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  2. Brain

    Headers and memory loss

    Soccer players who frequently use their heads score worse on memory tests.

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  3. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Moved by life

    Biologically inspired robots travel — naturally.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Infection time

    Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice.

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  5. Brain

    Explainer: Our bodies’ internal clocks

    Biological clocks determine hunger, sleepiness and other daily rhythms.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Flu in the air

    Germs tiny enough to pass through surgical masks may cause half of all cases.

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  7. Plants

    Old, cold moss grows again

    Mosses are mini but mighty: Even after centuries buried beneath a glacier, some of these small, flowerless plants can regrow.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Killer-flu update

    Infection that recently developed in China shows signs of being easy to spread and hard to kill.

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  9. Brain

    A mind for math

    A part of the brain associated with making memories may also predict success in learning math.

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  10. Animals

    Here comes Swarmageddon!

    This spring and summer, trillions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States

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  11. Animals

    Blending in

    Engineers take a lesson from nature’s masters of disguise.

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  12. Animals

    Honey’s hidden helper

    Scientists identify a substance in honey that helps bee bodies fight poisons.

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