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  • Health

Again! Again! Here's why toddlers love to do things on repeat

Reading the same books, playing the same games, asking the same questions. Kids' fascination with repetition can be exhausting for parents, but researchers say it's key to brain development.

January 12, 2024
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
A visualization of the accretion disk around a black hole.

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  • Space

Black holes can teach us how to live our best lives

Black holes may seem like interstellar enigmas, but they hold some key lessons on how to move through the universe.

October 05, 2023
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  • Regina G. Barber

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  • Global Health

Baby babble isn't just goo goo! And hearing 2 languages is better than one

The science of baby babble is surprisingly complex. And the idea that a baby exposed to two languages will be confused? Let's see what babble researchers have to say about that.

September 15, 2023
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  • Sydney Lupkin
The rich savory flavor of miso soup is one way to experience umami, the fifth major taste.

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  • Food

How umami overcame discrimination and took its place as the 5th taste

Everything about this savory flavor is mysterious, from how it tastes to why it took so long to get recognized as the fifth taste. What is it, and how does it make food taste delicious?

September 12, 2023
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
Scientists have engineered an albino squid that provides a window into the inner workings of the brain.

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  • News

How scientists engineered a see-through squid with its brain in plain view

A see-through squid is giving scientists an unprecedented view of the brain and other organs in a living animal.

August 28, 2023
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  • Jon Hamilton
Marine scientists Jan-Olaf Meynecke attaches video-enabled tracking tags to humpback whales near Brisbane, Australia. While collecting data for a larger project on the whales' migration patterns and climate change, Meynecke and his colleagues discovered a new behavior they call "sand rolling."

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  • Science

This video from a humpback 'whale spa' shows skin care is serious — and social

The footage of humpback whales exfoliating their skin with sand offer new insight into these animals' complex lifestyles deep beneath the ocean

August 22, 2023
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  • Carrie Feibel
Ingredients, temperature, time all affect the microbial activity that fuels fermentation — and how fermented foods taste. As kimchi ferments, the flavors will change over time.

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  • Health

How hardworking microbes ferment cabbage into kimchi

An age-old technique transforms vegetables and spices into a popular condiment with a zesty, funky taste. The key? Nurturing the right community of microbes. Here's how the magic happens.

August 13, 2023
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  • Pien Huang
When humans interact with dogs, the feel-good hormone oxytocin increases — in the person and the dog.

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  • Your Health

Petting other people's dogs, even briefly, can boost your health

You don't even have to own one. Research shows just 5 to 20 minutes interacting with other people's pooches can reduce stress hormones and increase well-being.

August 03, 2023
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  • Maria Godoy
When people listen to the same song, their brain waves can synchronize. It's one way that music creates a sense of connection and wonder.

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  • Health

These scientists explain the power of music to spark awe

Many of us know that feeling of being transported by a song. Research reveals that listening to music can have profound effects on our mind and body.

July 29, 2023
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  • Rob Stein
Scientists have identified a fossil of an herbivorous dinosaur, <em>Psittacosaurus</em>, being bitten by a mammal, <em>Repenomamus</em>.

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  • Research News

This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle's final moments

A 125-million-year-old fossil from the early Cretaceous shows the skeletons of a smaller mammal biting a larger horned dinosaur, suggesting a much more complex ancient food web.

July 19, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel
"We met in 1952," my grandfather PR Meiyappan tells me. "The first time I set eyes on your grandmother was when we were at the altar." She was 16, he was 19. Their parents had arranged their marriage.

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  • Family

Wed as teens, they renew vows 71 years later — and share secrets to everlasting love

On her grandfather's 90th birthday, Kamala Thiagarajan attended a celebration as he and her grandmother renewed vows — a Hindu custom. She wanted to know: What's their advice for a healthy marriage?

July 16, 2023
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Edgard Gouveia at the PxP Festival in Berlin, where he organized a circle dance. He's a believer in the power of games and is currently developing a global game "to get communities to come together and use hands-on actions to restore the environment."

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  • Global Health

Why a game in which you look for a real, live pink elephant could help save the world

That's a community-wide game Edgard Gouveia remembers from his boyhood in Brazil — and uses as a model in his efforts to heal the world through gameplay.

July 09, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Devils Hole pupfish gather on the precious rocky shelf that supports their entire fragile existence in the wild.

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  • Science

Against all odds, the rare Devils Hole pupfish keeps on swimming

The Devils Hole pupfish's natural habitat is a single water-filled hole in a cave in the Nevada desert. Its numbers at one point dwindled to just 35 animals. How does it manage to survive?

July 07, 2023
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Nassim Haddad greets his customers and life with unflinching cheer.

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  • Global Health

How to laugh in the face of sorrow: Insights from a Lebanese sweets shop owner

Nassim Haddad has seen his share of disaster and loss. At 79, he says of his philosophy: "I start again from the beginning. I start from zero. I [am not] afraid from anything."

June 28, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel
The interior of the Savannah remains a time capsule of the mid-century era in which it operated. The main lobby of the cruise ship welcomed paying passengers from 1962 to 1965.

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  • History

Step inside the world's only nuclear-powered passenger ship — built in 1959

The Nuclear Ship Savannah offers a snapshot of a nuclear future that never quite came to pass.

June 23, 2023
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  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Meredith Rizzo
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