Aug 01 2011
What Lives Inside Your Navel?
An in-depth investigation of what lives inside the human belly button uncovers hundreds of organisms.
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Jul 26 2011
Could New Rover Find Fossils on Mars?
Rover "Curiosity" ups the ante in search for life beyond Earth, but can't directly detect Martian life.
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Jul 23 2011
Can Planets In Roller Coaster Orbits Be Habitable?
Can a planet in a elliptical orbit be habitable if it spends only part of its time in a "Goldilocks" zone?
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Jul 20 2011
Researchers Grow Tooth in Mouse Kidney
The technique could create replacement organs faster than previously tested methods
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Jul 12 2011
Are Tour Riders the Fittest Athletes in the World?
It depends on how you measure it, but the elite cyclists certainly rank, alongside cross-country skiers.
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Jul 11 2011
Lack of Vitamin D May Have Killed Mozart
If he had spent more time in the sun, it might have forestalled Mozart's untimely death at 35.
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Jun 30 2011
Handwashing Cuts Flame Retardant Exposure
Worried about the flame-retardants PBDEs? Handwashing is a good idea, research shows.
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Jun 26 2011
Drug Boosts Snakebite Survival Time By Half
Researchers in Australia showed that a class of compounds called nitric oxide donors delays the entry of toxins from potentially deadly snakebites.
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Jun 23 2011
Homemade ‘Mars in a Bottle’ Tortures Bacteria
Before we send another biology experiment to Mars, let's build our own Martian environment in a lab and see which Earth lifeforms survive.
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Jun 22 2011
Enceladus May Possess Saltwater Ocean
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has already confirmed the Saturn moon contains a liquid water sub-surface ocean, but it has also found evidence that the ocean might be pretty salty.
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