Humans

  1. Psychology

    Phones in the classroom hurt everyone’s grades

    When students use electronic devices in the classroom, their school performance may suffer. And so might their classmates’ grades, a new study finds.

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  2. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Sucking up science with mosquitoes

    Mosquitoes are tiny, but the illnesses they spread can be deadly. To fight these germ spreaders, scientists need to get to know mosquitoes better — much better.

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  3. Brain

    Body heat due to exercise may reduce hunger

    Why aren’t animals hungry after a workout? Brain cells that control appetite may sense the exercise heat — and keep you out of the kitchen, a new study finds.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Gut ‘bug’ transplants can bring kids with autism lasting benefits

    Giving fecal transplants to kids with autism helped their stomach symptoms and behavioral symptoms — even two years after the poop trade.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Explainer: What is a clinical trial?

    Scientists perform these to compare the effects of a new drug or therapy in treated — and untreated — people. Always people.

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  6. Archaeology

    Cremated remains hint at who was buried at Stonehenge

    A chemical analysis shows that people carried bodies from far away to be buried at the mysterious ancient monument known as Stonehenge.

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  7. Brain

    Soccer headers may hurt women’s brains more than men’s

    Women sustain more brain damage from heading soccer balls than men, a new imaging study indicates.

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  8. Psychology

    Are you scared of heights? Virtual reality could help

    Virtual reality may help people battle a real-world fear of heights.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Scientists Say: Remission

    Remission is a term used in medicine. It describes a disease that isn’t active anymore —whether it is cured or simply dormant.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Taste good? Senses inform the brain — but don’t tell everyone the same thing

    Whether something tastes appetizing depends on what a host of different sensory nerves collectively tell the brain. Warning: Sometimes they aren’t dependable — or even truthful.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Explainer: Taste and flavor are not the same

    What’s behind a food’s flavor? More than what we taste, it turns out.

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  12. Animals

    Here’s how a clam can hide within a rock

    Old boring clam research has been upended after 82 years.

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