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Neural Work-Around Makes for More Practical Bionic Limbs
The secret to building brain-controlled prostheses may be to ignore the brain entirely
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When Harmless Bacteria Go Bad
What makes a normally harmless microbe turn deadly?
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Spiders Bug Insect Researchers, Too
Even entomologists can't stomach some creepy-crawlies
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An Endangered Species Act Success: California’s Santa Cruz Cypress
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Astronomers Dream Up Dozens of Ideas for Kepler Spacecraft’s Next Mission
NASA is investigating new roles for the former planet-hunting observatory
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Golden Goose Awards Highlight Weird-Sounding Science with Big Benefits
Why it's worth spending $250,000 to research worm sex
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Ultraviolet Illumination Warns Sea Turtles away from Fishing Nets
Ultraviolet LEDs help sea turtles avoid deadly encounters with fishing nets
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Tiny Gears Power Leaping Liftoffs
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BMI Is Outdated, but It Still Works
The flawed body mass index remains a useful predictor of health
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What's in Your Bacterial Aura?
Unmasking tiny denizens of the great indoors
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Star's Vanishing Act Solves an Astronomical Mystery
A gigantic star in the Whirlpool Galaxy has vanished, solving a supernova mystery
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High-Energy Neutrinos Herald a New Dawn of Particle Astronomy
Neutrinos from deep space are opening up a new kind of astronomy
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Could a Simple Ankle Sensor Help with Parkinson’s Symptoms?
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Arctic Pole of Inaccessibility Is on the Move
Adventurers seeking the remotest place in the Arctic now have a new target. (But they'd better hurry—the ice is melting)
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Fast-Mutating Viruses Point Back to Criminal Spreaders of Disease
Forensic epidemiologists are tracking rapid viral mutations to help convict criminal spreaders of disease
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Researchers Seek Scapegoat for Lyme Disease’s Startling Prevalence
What's to blame?
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Tablet Computers Help Children in Remote Villages Learn to Read
Children in rural Ethiopia are teaching themselves to read with Android tablets
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Scientists Showcase the Wonders of the World at Burning Man Festival
Scientists haul their wares to Burning Man
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Independent Labs Seek Financial Shelter as Federal Funds Dry Up
Once unfettered labs seek financial shelter
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New Energy Secretary Faces Uphill Battle in Fracking Push
Opposition complicates the White House plan to move toward clean energy
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Researchers Aim to Level the Playing Field for Patients Awaiting New Livers
The map governing who gets an organ transplant favors some regions over others
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Taste-Blind Mice Make Tangled Sperm
Mice missing certain sensory genes wind up with busted gametes
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Aerial Monitoring Provides Early Sinkhole Detection
Monitoring from above predicts sinkholes months before they occur
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