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Bridging the Gap Between Scientists and the PublicScientists learn to communicate with non-scientists through and National Science Foundation program.
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E. coli Offers Insight to EvolutionRichard Lenski's two decade experiment on E. coli sheds new light on evolutionary processes.
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Behind The Scenes: Surveying Americans' Attitudes and BeliefsThe General Social Survey asks questions about critical societal issues such as civil liberties, crime and violence, tolerance, morality, race, stress and happiness.
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Behind The Scenes: Robots to the RescueResearchers are exploring ways to make robots more "rescue friendly," using new technologies and research about how humans interact with robots.
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Are Invisibility Cloaks Hiding Around The Corner?Elena Semouchkina is working to shield objects from light, rendering them invisible
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Down Boy: Investigating the Domestication of Dogs through DNACouple travels the world to map the genetic origin of half-wild dogs.
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Scientists Untangled Spider Web StickinessResearchers are trying to figure out the properties of the glue-like substance that spiders deposit along the rings of silk in their webs that give the web its stickiness
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Scientists Investigate Possible 'Fear Drug'A brain chemical involved in both learning to be afraid and curbing existing fear might one day serve as a drug to help prevent anxiety and the after-effects of trauma.
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Insects Inspire Robot DesignEngineer John Schmitt is trying to develop legged robots that can easily run over the roughest surfaces. He uses cockroaches and other animals as models for the robot design.
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Humans Have a Lot to Learn From Bonobos, Scientist SaysPrimatologists Brain Hare thinks humans can learn a thing or two from bonobos. One of his recent studies found these apes enjoy sharing, while chimps don't
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Naked Mole Rats' Secrets RevealedBiologists Thomas Park studies naked mole rats and has found these strange animals can live long periods without oxygen and are immune to certain types of pain
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Why Human Blood Drives Mosquitoes WildHuman blood contains sent-producing compounds that lure mosquitoes, scientists find
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The First American Women in AntarcticaCelebrating first women scientists to travel to Antarctica.
