SCIENCE

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These Cooling Workout Clothes Respond to Your Sweat

MIT’s BioLogic material is made with living cells.

Cotton Swab Injuries Send 34 Kids to the Emergency Room Every Day

There's a reason they come with a warning label.

Study Finds Poppyseed Oil Treatment May Boost Fertility

Do not try this at home.

Spurned by Potential Mates, Jeremy the Lefty Snail Is Still Single

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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Scientists Finally Crack the Sunflower’s Genetic Code

Previous attempts to dissect the full sunflower genome have all been unsuccessful.

A New "Seeing" Prosthetic May Make Life Easier for Amputees

Using machine learning, scientists have designed a new hand prosthetic that can automatically determine how to pick up an object.

New Cancer Treatment “Remembers” Tumors and Won’t Let Them Regrow

Blocking a molecule called LAP can train the immune system to attack cancer cells and remember them in case they try again.

8 Common Misconceptions About Antidepressants

Dr. David Mischoulon, director of research at Massachusetts General Hospital's Depression Clinical and Research Program, sets the record straight about antidepressants.

Tracking the Migration of a Strange Animal: The Scientist

Idea exchange across borders may mean better science for all.

Testosterone May Protect Against Asthma

Boys tend to grow out of asthma after puberty, and men are far less likely to develop it in adulthood than women are. Why?

Scientists Grow Blood Stem Cells in the Lab for the First Time

A single cell can be used to restore an entire mammal circulatory system.

Ice in the Air Makes Earth Sparkle From Space

Microscopic ice particles seem to flash like glitter over the planet’s surface.

Scientists Convert Trappist-1 Planetary System Into Celestial Synth Music

“I think Trappist is the most musical system we’ll ever discover.”

We Have a Week of Wild Weather Ahead of Us

You might either be begging the sky for a little water in your garden or sprinting for your basement as yet another tornado warning blares from your cell phone.

This Electric Dipstick Zaps the Pollutants Out of Water

Unlike other electrical filtration processes, this energy-efficient system can be customized to remove specific contaminants.

How Far You Have to Go Back to Find Everyone’s Common Ancestor

The human family is closer than you may think.

The Meteoric Rise—and Tragic Fall—of NASA's Skylab

In 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. It fell to earth six years later, burning up in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979.

Scientists Sequence DNA of Century-Old Pediatric Tumors

Understanding the genetic makeup of rare childhood cancers could lead to better treatments.

Inside the Space Camp Designed for Blind and Visually Impaired Kids

In the 27 years of SCIVIS, more than 3800 students from almost every state and more than 20 countries have attended.

Two views of an adult Homo naledi cranium found in the Lesedi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system in South Africa, where the remains of 15 individuals were discovered in a different cave in 2013.

Puzzling Human Relative Homo Naledi May Have Lived at the Same Time as Our Ancestors

Scientists date the intriguing hominin remains to 335,000–236,000 years ago—and find three more bodies.

Millions of Years Ago, the Caribbean Flooded the Amazon Rain Forest—Twice

Scientists found a shark tooth and part of a mantis shrimp buried in the Amazon basin. Sediment cores going back 18 million years tell the rest of the story.

8 Common Problems That Can Be Signs of Anxiety

It’s not normal to have a headache every day. Here are seven other symptoms that might indicate anxiety disorders.

How Blobs of Sea Snot Help Keep Our Oceans Clean

New technology lets scientists look inside giant larvaceans’ bizarre mucus houses.

Camera Trap Catches Deer Gnawing Human Remains

A free meal's a free meal, we guess.

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