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Scientists Decipher the DNA of Black Death                                 black death 

  laughter

Understanding the Centipede

Does Evil Exist?  Neuroscientists Say No

Fatherhood Leads to Drop in Testosterone                   

Why Does Laughter Feel Good?  Your Body Knows  

 cientists Asking What Religion Is and What It's For                      religion

Crowds Move Like Molecules                                                        crowds

Organizing the Web:  The Science of Science                                The Internet

Thirst for Fairness May Have Helped Us Survive                               history

Why Women Find Some Guys Handsome & Others Not                sex

Memory Implant Gives Rats Sharper Recollection                        memory

Study Debunks Gould's Racism Theory                            

Scientists Create Laser with Mirrors and a Cell                               lasers

What the Science of Human Nature Tells Us about Life                sociology

Duplicating the Sensation of Miniaturization                               miniaturization

The Ability to Understand Euclidian Geometry...Innate?               math

Bacteria Divide Humans into Three Types                                     bacteria

A New Domain of Life                                                                  classification

Some Animals Live for 400 Years...Can We Use That?                    animals

Extending Worms' Lives, and Maybe Ours                                     longevity

Why Intelligent People Drink More Alcohol                                   alcohol

New View of How Humans Split from Apes                                 anthropology

Bald Mice Find their Fur Again                                                      baldness

The Threatening Fertile Scent of Women                                      smell

Is There Something Wrong with the Scientific Method?              research

Social Scientists Find Hidden Conservative Minority                    morality

Amoebas that Farm Bacteria                                                      microorganisms

The Science of Smiling                                                                  the face

Journal's Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage                  ESP

 The Study of Males                                                                        sociology

'Love Hormone' Bound to Your Inner Circle                                hormones

Metallic Glass                                                                              technologyn

Home Labs on the Rise                                                               trends

 Still...No One Knows Why We Yawn                                           behavior

Toddlers May Be Able to Judge Others' Intent                           children

 Strangely, New York City is an Ecological Hotspot                   [New York City]

The Missing Bee Mystery...Solved                                                [bees, insects]

Reading Speeds Decline on E-Books                                         [e-readers, books]

Blogging the Periodic Table                                                      [chemistry]

Precursor to HIV was in Monkeys for Millenniums                      [HIV, AIDS]

Challenging the Evolutionary Dogma:  Helping Relatives       [evolution]

Building a Framework to Read Animal Emotion                       [animals]

Sighing as Human Reset Button                                                 [sighing]

Magnets Can Manipulate Morality                                            [morality]

Scientists Cite Fastest Case of Human Evolution                       [evolution]

Airplanes Punch Holes in Clouds, Make it Rain                          [airplanes]

Paternal Bonds, Special and Strange                                         [animals]

Mosquitoes More Attracted to Men than Women                     [mosquitoes, insects]

Bananas are Radioactive                                                          [bananas]

Male Voices Reveal Owner's Strength                                       [psychology]

Toxoplasmosis May Be Affecting Our Behavior..50% of Us          [toxoplasmosis]

She Doesn't Trust You?  Blame the Testosterone                        [trust]

Musical Consonance May Depend on Your Training                 [music]

Bacteria that Cause Snow and Rain                                         [bacteria]

Studying Slime to Understand Engineering Problems                 [slime]

A High-Tech Tour of the Caves of Nottingham                          [lasers]

A Child's Friends are Important...So are His Enemies                  [children]

The Symphony of Science:  Using Music to Understand...            [music]

Are Babies Moral?                                                                       [morality]

The Human Breast:  An Evolutionary Anomaly                            [breasts]

Girl "Frozen in Time" May Hold Key to Aging Process                   [aging]

Sometimes Older Really is Wiser                                                   [aging]

The Improbable Thrills of Probability Theory                              [probability]

The Bed Bug Decider                                                                 [bed bugs]

Children Who Form No Racial Stereotypes Found                    [racism]

Can Psychiatry Be a Science?                                                    [psychiatry]

Arsenic Can Be Good for You Too                                             [chemistry]

Why Does it Take So Long to Add to the Periodic Table?          [chemistry]

Joe Davis:  Sending Vaginal Images into Space and More        [history]

Scientists Discover Heavy New Element                                      [chemistry, discoveries]

New Form of Synaesthetic People Identified:  Time Lords           [synaesthesia]

Scientists Discover Gene and Part of Brain for Gullibility             [genetics, psychology]

Study:  Experiences More Powerful than Possessions                   [happiness]

Scientific Explanations for Passover Phenomena                        [Judaism]

Ouroboros:  The History of the Universe                                       [exhibitions, NYC]

Insect Sperm Fight One Another with Chemical Weapons        [insects]

Acne Drug Prevents HIV Breakout                                               [HIV]

Immigrant Scientists:  America's Real Dream Team                    [immigrants]

Infographic:  How Deep is the Ocean?  Pretty Deep                 [oceans]

Chinese Mummies with European Features                                [China, mummies]

Journal of Sexual Medicine:  The G-Spot Does Not Exist              [G-spot, the]

Is There an Evolutionary Purpose for Being Sad?                          [happiness]

10 Possible Ways to Live Forever                                                  [theories]

More Men Marrying Wealthier Women                                         [demographics]

The Tires of the Future May Be Made from Dandelions                  [dandelions]

Why Dirt May Be Coming Back in Vogue                                      [dirt, trends]

Hints of Dark Matter at the Bottom of a Mine                              [dark matter]

A Watery World is Found Orbiting a Distant Star                          [exploration]

Darpa Puts on Contest:  Find 10 Red Balloons for $40,000           [the government]

Chemists Produce a New Blue                                                     [chemistry, colors, blue]

Scientists Develop Apple that Won't Rot                                     [apples, food]

Maybe the Purpose of Dreams is Banal:  Mental Exercise             [dreams]

No Red Wine with Seafood Explained with Chemistry             [chemistry, wine]

Banking Sleep Can Help You on Future Sleepless Weeks           [sleep]

Putting Tiny Cages in Your Body to Release Tinier Drugs            [pharmaceuticals]

Researchers Create Artifical Memories in a Fruitfly's Brain          [fruitflies, insects]

Exploring the Ocean to Understand How Aliens Could Exist      [exploration, aliens]

Quest for a Long Life Gains Scientific Respect                            [longevity]

For First Time, AIDS Vaccine Shows Some Success                       [AIDS, HIV, vaccines]

Build a Better Bulb for a $10 Million Prize                                      [contests, innovation]

Scientists Create the Blackest Black                                             [colors, black]

Ant Colony Spans Six Continents                                                 [ants, insects]

In Taming Dogs, Humans May Have Sought a Meal                    [dogs, animals, theories]

Bill Gates Hurricane-Fighting Invention                                         [Bill Gates, hurricanes, inventions]

Multitaskers Suck at Everything                                                     [multitasking]

The Chemicals that Escape Our Dead Bodies                              [forensics, death, chemistry]

Sentiment Analysis:  Mining the Web for Feelings                          [sentiment analysis, the Internet, trends]

Lost Hikers Probably Really Are Walking around in Circles            [hiking]

For the First Time, Proteins Have Been Found in a Comet             [proteins, comets, evolution]

Scientists Make First Glow-in-the-Dark Beagle                               [dogs, beagles]

Study:  5-Second Touch Can Convey Specific Emotion                [touch]

Rejectica Mathematia: Open-Source Academic Journal            [scientific publishing, publishing, Rejectica Mathematica]

Poor Circumstances Breed Daughters                                          [demographics, poverty]

Study Finds Chimps Die from Simian AIDS, Dispelling Belief          [AIDS, chimpanzees, animals, biology]

The Silly Putty Properties of Table Salt                                            [salt, chemistry, nanotechnology]

Scientists are Not as Honest as Might Be Hoped                           [fraud, dishonesty, scientists]

Connectomics                                                                              [neuroscience, biology]

The Body Odor Wheel                                                                    [smells, body odors]

Rocks that Eat Carbon                                                                  [geology]

Intellectual Ventures:  Creatively Inventing En Masse                    [innovation]

Moonbows                                                                                     [Earth science]      

Nanosilver                                                                                      [nanotechnology, chemistry]

Scientists That Drink Beer Publish Less Articles                                 [publishing, scientists, alcohol]

New Dating Service Matches People by Body Odor                     [body odors, smelling, dating services, services]

Mapping the Earth with Neutrinos                                                 [cartography]

Scientists that Drink Alike                                                                [scientists, alcohol]

Diamonds Produced from Tequila                                                 [chemistry]

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