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The First Known Fluorescent Vertebrate Is An Animal You’ve Probably Eaten Before
CNETAnalysis: Glowing Eel Akiko Kumagai, Atsushi Miyawaki You can really taste those fluorescent proteins. There are many animals that display fluorescence. They have proteins in their tissue that...
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Same-Sex Marriage Doesn’t Affect Opposite-Sex Marriage Rates, Study Finds
CNETAnalysis: Not The Death Of Marriage Dennis Bratland via Wikimedia Commons Imagine that! The data sets are in, and marriage equality isn’t the harbinger of death for “traditional” marriage between...
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What Mice Do When You’re Not Looking
CNETAnalysis: 24/7 trackers give researchers insight into how mice mate, form social hierarchies, and more. Behold the rodent equivalent of ‘Big Brother.’ Turns out Americans aren’t the only ones...
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Common Sweetener Could Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease
CNETAnalysis: The Sweet Taste Of Treatment Wrigley Mannitol, a plant-produced sweetener used in gum and candies, has proven effective at blocking production of a Parkinson’s-related protein. A...
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Kids With Autism May Not Enjoy The Sound Of The Human Voice
CNETAnalysis: Scream! Wikimedia Commons All human voices, not just the annoying ones. The causes, symptoms, and effects of autism are some of the most puzzling mysteries in all of psychology and...
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The World’s Only Known White Gorilla Was The Result Of Incest
CNETAnalysis: Snowflake the Gorilla Wikimedia Commons How the world’s only known white gorilla came to be. Snowflake, the long-lived gorilla who died in 2003, was famous for being the only known...
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Want To Study A Dragonfly? Put A Teeny Backpack On It
CNETAnalysis: Dragonfly Backpack Anthony Leonardo, Janelia Farm Research Campus / HHMI via Wired Strapped in for learning How do you figure out the way a dragonfly’s mind works? That’s the challenge...
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Super-Hydrophobic Spray Makes All Your Stuff Liquid-Proof
CNETAnalysis: Chocolate Syrup on NeverWet-Coated Shoes LancasterOnline.com on YouTube It should start showing up on store shelves in a few weeks. It’s definitely weird to watch the NeverWet chemists...
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Do Female Orgasms Help With Conception? New Study Says No
CNETAnalysis: Climax Benjamin Rondel / Getty Images Another blow to a compelling evolutionary theory. Let me just say this first. Just because it might not have an evolutionary function-or at least...
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The Science Of How Applause Spreads In An Audience
CNETAnalysis: Put Your Hands Together Austin Public Library Clapping is just as infectious as a disease, according to a new study. Sorry, Toastmasters. When people clap at a performance, they’re not...
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How To Hack A Cockroach So You Can Control It With Kinect
CNETAnalysis: Oh yes, there’s a video. We’ve already covered their DIY project to build your very own mind-controlled cyborg cockroach , but now the North Carolina State University researchers have...
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What Happens When Stars Collide?
CNETAnalysis: The eclipsing, pulsating binary star J0247-25 (artist's impression) Keele University via Universe Today In this case, you get a newly observed kind of pulsating star. Posted by: John...
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The Weird Way Alcohol Behaves In Space
CNETAnalysis: Interstellar Dust NASA Quantum tunneling holds a clue for one of the great mysteries of space chemistry. A few years back, scientists discovered a giant cloud of hooch floating around in...
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Let An Avatar Teach You How To Lose Weight
CNETAnalysis: Weight-Loss Avatar Temple University Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine In a small study, women who watched virtual representations of themselves exercise ended...
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Taste Receptors Found In Mouse Testicles. Tasticles?
CNETAnalysis: Lab Mouse Wikimedia Commons Organoleptic receptors where you least expected them. Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center made a startling discovery while investigating the...
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The Science Of Car Hacking
CNETAnalysis: Car Crash in Copenhagen Wikimedia Commons Hacked cars are unlikely to be an assassin’s weapon of choice. The notion that hackers could assassinate people in an instant is a favorite...
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Electronic Pee Sniffer Can Detect Bladder Cancer
CNETAnalysis: Odoreader UWE Bristol News The Odoreader goes where no human nose wants to. A new kind of electronic nose could make diagnosing bladder cancer a whole lot easier, according to a new...
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When Do We Break Up Someone Else’s Drunken Fight?
CNETAnalysis: Take It Outside Adriaen Brouwer via Wikimedia Commons A new study examines when people decide not to mind their own business. When does alcohol-fueled conflict merit intervention? Not as...
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Why Sad Songs Make Us Happy
CNETAnalysis: Sometimes It (Doesn't) Hurt Instead Adele.tv So. Many. Feels Posted by: John Martin
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Interplanetary Laser Could Send Messages To Mars Or Jupiter
CNETAnalysis: Lasers In Space Directed Energy Directorate, US Air Force via Wikimedia Commons Pew pew! With the help of a new laser ranging system, we might soon be able to send a laser beam to...
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