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Date: September 2009

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Reading disturbing and surrealistic literature may give your brain more of a workout than stories with straightforward plots. (Peter Newell, The Nursery Alice, 1890)

SEP 25, 2009

  

Torture gets a failing grade from neuroscience, a new benthic rover explores the ocean floor, how surrealism makes you smarter, and putting full moon folklore to the test.

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SEP 29, 2009  Tortured Memories
OCT 1, 2009  Deep Sea Rover
OCT 2, 2009  Scary Kafka Roundup
OCT 5, 2009  Heart Surgery Timing
OCT 6, 2009  Nicotine & Memory


Autumn's spectacular color is around the corner in North America. Why do Europe's fall colors pale in comparison? (Susanne Bard)

SEP 18, 2009

  

The gecko's phantom tail, the social lives of fruit flies, stem cells from fat, fall color secrets, ancient cave discoveries.

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SEP 22, 2009  Fall Color Differences


Your parents may have warned you that reading under the covers would ruin your eyes. But were they right? (Jupiter Images)

SEP 4, 2009

  

HEALTH REPORT: A new micro-needle patch could bring vaccines to millions, we really do walk in circles when we're lost, and a robot that outperforms humans at tumor surgery. Also: does melatonin cure jet lag, and will reading in dim light really ruin your eyes?

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