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See the Moon and Mars Meet Up in Night Sky Saturday
From the eastern U.S. and Canada, the closest approach will take place after sunset. From the central Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, western portions of Central America and the northern half of South America, the moon will occult Mars -
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Arthur, No Longer a Hurricane, Pelts Southeast Canada
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Roundup: Nature versus Nurture
Three books tackle whether talents are innate or cultivated -
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Rhythm Is Heard Best in the Bass
Better detection by the brain could explain why low-pitched notes carry the beat across musical cultures -
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Health
Aging: Too Much Telomerase Can Be As Bad As Too Little
How do I knock off thirty years from my age? Faust, the protagonist in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's famous play, poses this question to Mephistopheles in the chapter Hexenküche (Witches' kitchen). -
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When Scientists Experiment on Themselves: H. pylori and Ulcers
In the summer of 1984, the Australian scientist Neil Noakes took some bacteria from a petri dish, mixed them with lukewarm beef extract - the normal nutrient solution for bacteria in the lab - and filled a little more than one cup into a beaker. -
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Weaker Hurricane Arthur Takes Aim at Nantucket, Cape Cod
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Celebrate the Fourth of July by Making Your Own Fireworks
Declare your independence with DIY sticks of burning metal, the science of free (or not so free) will, and a cephalopod surgeon -
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Review: Zoom
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Head Games
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July 4 Barbecues Welcome Infrared Tomatoes and Meatless Meat
Scientists are making food staples more sustainable, if not a little odd -
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3 Ingredients Make Good July 4th Fireworks [Video]
How different types of chemicals combine for a holiday blast. -
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Biology: Three Known Unknowns
Even as cancer therapies improve, basic questions about drug resistance, tumour spread and the role of normal tissue remain unanswered -
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The Unleashed Mind
Highly creative people often seem weirder than the rest of us. Now researchers know why -
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Red Objects Strangely Feel Cooler to the Touch than Blue Ones
A study reverses our usual expectations about sensation and colors, with a twist -
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Challenge Yourself to Pronounce These Foreign Phonemes [Audio]
To learn a language well, focus first on speech sounds -
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Wastewater Injection Caused Oklahoma Earthquakes
A new study attributes the recent surge of quakes in central Oklahoma to the injection of wastewater at a handful of high-rate wells across the state -
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Centennial of a Calamity
One hundred years ago Scientific American documented the First World War as it engulfed soldiers, civilians and industries -
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Genetic Mutation May Lead to Autism Subtype
CHD8, a gene that regulates the structure of DNA, is the closest thing so far to an “autism gene” -
Nature
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"Stress-Induced" Stem Cell Findings Are Retracted
High-profile reports claiming an easy way to create pluripotent cells were flawed.
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