Vol. 2 No. 4

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More Stories from the April 1, 2023 issue

  1. Brain

    Playing video games may improve your memory and attention

    The biggest research study of its kind finds that video gamers perform better on some mental tasks than nongamers do.

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  2. Plants

    Why dandelions are so good at widely spreading their seeds

    Individual seeds on a dandelion release most easily in response to winds from a specific direction. As the wind shifts, this scatters the seeds widely.

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  3. Space

    A missing moon could have given Saturn its rings — and tilt

    The hypothetical moon is being called Chrysalis. It could have helped tip the planet over before getting shredded to form Saturn’s rings.

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  4. Humans

    This ancient ivory comb reveals a wish to be free of lice

    The comb bears the earliest known complete sentence written in a phonetic alphabet, researchers say.

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  5. Archaeology

    Minding your mummies: The science of mummification

    In this science project, you will learn about the rituals and science of mummification by mummifying a hot dog.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    An asthma treatment may also help tame cat allergies

    Adding a therapy used to treat asthma improved cat allergy symptoms for more than a year, a small study found.

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