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Health & Medicine
Healing honey
Cough medicines don't work and they can have unpleasant side effects. Doctors are starting to recommend honey instead.
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Animals
New elephant-shrew
Researchers have discovered a species of elephant-shrew that is entirely new to science.
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Animals
The secret lives of grizzlies
By studying grizzlies in captivity, scientists are gaining insights into how bears—and their hearts—tick.
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Health & Medicine
Heart revival
Scientists have found a way to transform a rat's dead heart into a living one.
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Physics
Powering ball lightning
A new study might help explain what fuels bouncing balls of fire that occasionally form in nature.
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Health & Medicine
Babies prove sound learners
Scientists are gaining new insights into why babies are so good at learning languages.
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Physics
Diamond glow
Rare diamonds that glow in the dark may help scientists distinguish real gems from fake ones.
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Health & Medicine
Memory by hypnosis
Scientists are using hypnosis to better understand how the brain remembers—or doesn't.
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Earth
Arctic melt
There is less ice than ever recorded in the Arctic Ocean, and scientists are concerned.
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Animals
Monkey math
Monkeys can estimate sums almost as quickly as people can. The finding provides insight into how math skills developed in the human brain.
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Health & Medicine
Sweeeet! The skinny on sugar substitutes
Millions of people use artificial sweeteners, but are they safe?
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Space
Average galaxies
Small, faint, and sluggish, a newly discovered collection of galaxies is helping explain how larger galaxies came to be.
By Emily Sohn