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EGYPT’S HIDDEN TREASURES
WHAT WILL YOU EXPERIENCE WHEN TRAVELING WITH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PATHS?
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THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES
FONTS, LEARNING AND MEMORY • EAVESDROPPING ANIMALS • WHY SINGERS ARE SO GOOD AT LANGUAGES • ARTIFICIAL WOMBS
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How Fonts Affect Learning and Memory
TEXT STYLES IMPACT IMPORTANT COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND CAN MAKE OR BREAK INFORMATION RETENTION.
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SHH! EAVESDROPPING ANIMALS MAY BE LISTENING
THROUGHOUT THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, CREATURES KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR VALUABLE INTEL — EVEN FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES.
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Why Singers Have a Knack for Language
MUSICIANS’ BRAINS SEEM TO EXCEL AT TACKLING NEW TONGUES, THANKS TO THEIR MASTERY OF SOUND.
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ARTIFICIAL WOMBS: SCI-FI MEETS THE NICU
SCIENTISTS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANIMAL TRIALS THAT COULD SOMEDAY HELP HUMANS.
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A Burning Question
CHEST PAIN, NAUSEA AND VOMITING BROUGHT THIS GRAD STUDENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. HER EVASIVE ANSWERS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS NO ROUTINE STOMACH PROBLEM.
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WHO WERE THE VIKINGS?
TODAY’S POPULAR NOTIONS OF NORSE SEAFARERS HARDLY TOUCH THE SURFACE OF THEIR TRUE IDENTITY — OR THEIR INFLUENCE AROUND THE GLOBE AND ACROSS THE CENTURIES.
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MODERN TECH FOR VIKING DISCOVERIES
The Vikings reigned and roamed throughout the Middle Ages, a time known for its lack of surviving written records. Still, we can study other traces left behind from their settlements and conquests — with the help of the latest technology.
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INVASIVE EATS
THESE NINE PLANTS AND ANIMALS CAUSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE IN THE U.S. LUCKILY FOR THE ECO-MINDED, THEY’RE ALSO DELICIOUS.
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BALANCING ACT OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
NOT ALL NON-NATIVE SPECIES ARE INVASIVE. IN FACT, CORN AND WHEAT, TWO OF THE HIGHEST YIELD CROPS IN THE U.S., CAME FROM OVERSEAS, JUST LIKE MANY OF THESE INVASIVES.
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EARTH IS A PLANET TOO!
AS RESEARCHERS STRIVE TO UNDERSTAND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, THERE’S A PERFECT LABORATORY RIGHT UNDER OUR FEET.
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A POD’s BonDS
A RARE INTERSPECIES ADOPTION REVEALS SPERM WHALE SOCIETY IS MORE SOPHISTICATED — AND MORE PLAYFUL — THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
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The First Global Vaccination Campaign
HOW A MILITARY DOCTOR AND THE KING OF SPAIN USED ORPHANS AND ARM-TO-ARM VACCINATION TO FIGHT SMALLPOX.
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(Virtual) Reality Check
MY SON’S SOCIAL ISOLATION PROMPTED ME TO RECONSIDER VIDEO GAMES — AND SOME DATED RESEARCH ABOUT THEIR INFLUENCE.
