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60-Second Science
| Evolution
Guppies bred for larger brains also had smaller guts and produced fewer offspring. Sophie Bushwick reports.
Jan 4, 2013 |
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Bonobos will readily share food, but they'll offer it up to a strange bonobo before they give it to a member of their known group. Sophie Bushwick reports
Jan 3, 2013 |
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A drone aircraft can acquire in minutes data for a 3-D map of an archaeological site that would have taken humans years to gather. Cynthia Graber reports
Dec 31, 2012 |
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Tree leaf color provides a good proxy for photosynthetic productivity, indicating how much carbon dioxide a tree is sequestering. Karen Hopkin reports
Dec 28, 2012
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In temperate regions the influenza virus fares best when the weather is dry. Karen Hopkin reports
Dec 27, 2012 |
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Census stats show that people who work at home at least some of the time put in more hours each week than those who stay at the office. Karen Hopkin reports
Dec 26, 2012 |
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60-Second Science
| Health
Recipes in cookbooks written by British television chefs had more calories and less fiber than frozen meals manufactured by British supermarket chains. Sophie Bushwick reports
Dec 25, 2012
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60-Second Science
| Health
People who climb stairs one at a time burn more calories per staircase than do those who bound two stairs at a time. Rose Eveleth reports
Dec 24, 2012 |
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A vaccine aimed at the stable M2 flu virus protein, rather than the variable H or N proteins, could be useful every year. Christopher Intagliata reports
Dec 21, 2012 |
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| Health
Dishwashing protocols designed with food-borne bacteria in mind didn't cut the mustard in a test with noroviruses, which cause nasty gastrointestinal illnesses. Karen Hopkin reports
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Humpback whales sing complex songs even when diving and foraging, when it's neither the time nor place for mating behavior. Sophie Bushwick reports
Dec 19, 2012 |