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An analysis of pills recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Italy reveals them to contain zinc compounds that were probably used as eye medication. Sophie Bushwick reports
Jan 16, 2013
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Contaminants have made the standard kilogram weigh slightly more than it originally did, but a careful cleaning method may slim it down. Sophie Bushwick reports
Jan 15, 2013 |
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| Technology
An app turns your smart phone into a smart key by using Near Field Communication, NFC, to send data wirelessly over short distances. Christopher Intagliata reports
Jan 14, 2013 |
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| Health
A laboratory-made slurry of healthy bacteria could replace human fecal matter in stool transplants to treat bacterial infections. Gretchen Kuda Kroen reports
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Volunteers were more adept at handling wet objects when their fingertips had gotten waterlogged to the point of being wrinkled than when their fingers were dry. Karen Hopkin reports
Jan 9, 2013 |
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| Space
Based on exoplanet observations made using the Kepler space telescope, astronomers estimate that our galaxy's ratio of stars to planets is at least one to one. Karen Hopkin reports
Jan 8, 2013 |
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The same hot chocolate served in an orange cup was rated more "chocolaty" than when it was served in cups of other colors. Christopher Intagliata reports
Jan 7, 2013 |
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| 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