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Date: April 2010
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A skeptical investigator explains the psychology behind the prognostications of the Ouija board. |
APR 30, 2010
  
THE BRAIN: Empathy and aggression share the same neural circuitry, chronic pain sufferers process acute pain differently, how a brain implant made of silk could help epilepsy patients, the effects of pre-natal air pollution exposure on children's cognitive performance, and the psychology behind the Ouija board.
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MAY 10, 2010 Brain Electronics
MAY 12, 2010 Empathy & Violence
MAY 18, 2010 Chronic Pain
MAY 19, 2010 Ouija Boards
MAY 20, 2010 Air Pollution & Pregnancy
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Male purple-throated Carib hummingbirds attract females by defending territories abundant in their potential mates' favorite food source. (Ethan Temeles/Amherst College) |
APR 23, 2010
ANIMAL UPDATE: Birdsong in the genes, hummingbirds and heliconias, a more environmentally friendly pig, and cat-inspired computer circuits.
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APR 28, 2010 Hummingbirds & Heliconias
MAY 5, 2010 Enviropigs
MAY 6, 2010 Finch Genes
MAY 7, 2010 Biofuels Roundup
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A doctor spent over 60 years as his own guinea pig to find out whether cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. (Jupiter Images) |
APR 16, 2010
WEIRD SCIENCE: Behind the legend of the chupacabra, does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? A physiological explanation for near-death experiences, and animals that live without oxygen.
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APR 13, 2010 Chupacabra
APR 26, 2010 Oxygen-Free Animals
APR 27, 2010 CO2 & Near-Death Experiences
MAY 4, 2010 Knuckle Cracking
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A dung beetle has been crowned world's strongest insect (Carl Gustav Calwer) |
APR 9, 2010
The world's strongest insect, why showering could pollute, tests that fail the grade and sampling the early solar system.
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APR 12, 2010 Strongest Insect
APR 15, 2010 F is for Fail
APR 19, 2010 Asteroid Sampling
APR 20, 2010 Shower Pollution
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Contact lenses could deliver drugs to treat glaucoma. (Jupiter Images) |
APR 2, 2010
Contact lenses that could treat glaucoma, and could you get more out of a 20-minute workout than a 4-hour one? Also, a nose for identification, and why we can't smell deadly carbon monoxide gas.
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MAR 31, 2010 High Intensity Workouts
APR 8, 2010 Nose Biometrics
APR 9, 2010 Motor Skills Roundup
APR 22, 2010 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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