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Date: May 2010
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For problem gamblers, almost winning can be as compelling as hitting the jackpot. (Jupiter Images) |
MAY 21, 2010
  
Why near misses keep problem gamblers coming back for more, doing good could make you stronger, an artificial pancreas to control diabetes, debunking the "Mozart" effect, and the brain's master switch.
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MAY 25, 2010 Brain Master Switch
MAY 26, 2010 Near-Miss Gambling
MAY 28, 2010 Music Intelligence Roundup
JUN 4, 2010 Diabetes Roundup
JUN 8, 2010 Moral Actions
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Scientists have recreated the blood protein hemoglobin from an extinct woolly mammoth. (Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius) |
MAY 14, 2010
GENETIC HISTORY - Scientists complete a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome, reconstructing the woolly mammoth's bloody past, and genes that jump from species to species. Also: a low-tech solution to a public-health dilemma in the developing world.
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Scientists have recreated the blood protein hemoglobin from an extinct woolly mammoth. (Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius) |
MAY 14, 2010
GENETIC HISTORY - Scientists complete a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome, reconstructing the woolly mammoth's bloody past, and genes that jump from species to species. Also: a low-tech solution to a public-health dilemma in the developing world.
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Pigeons outfitted with GPS backpacks provide clues to flocking behavior. (Zsuzsa Ákos) |
MAY 7, 2010
How plants know it's spring, color vision in bees, how pigeon flocks make decisions, and hermit crab shell games.
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MAY 11, 2010 Plant Budding
MAY 13, 2010 Bee Vision
MAY 17, 2010 Pigeon Leadership
MAY 21, 2010 Animal Roundup
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