Common Scents: Plants Constantly Catch a Whiff of Their Neighbors' Perfume
Botanists are getting a whiff of the ways that plants smell one another. Some plants recognize injured neighbors by scent; others sniff out a meal
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Understanding How Animals Create Dazzling Colors Could Lead to Brilliant New Nanotechnologies
Seven clever tactics animals use to create dazzling hues may lead to sophisticated new technologies
Erasing Painful Memories: Drug and Behavioral Therapies Will Help Us Forget Toxic Thoughts
The caustic imprint of a traumatic memory may fade or vanish with new drug and behavioral therapies
Intel Futurist on Why We Should Not Fear the Future
The world's largest computer chipmaker employs a corporate futurist, Brian David Johnson, to guess what gadgetry and computing will look like in 2020 and beyond
Telltale Hearts: What Autopsies Reveal about This Vital Organ
Despite advances in medical imaging, an autopsy still gives experts the best picture of what ails us
Tomorrow's Medicine
A look at some of the most promising medical devices now in development
Triumph of the Titans: How Sauropods Flourished
The long-necked dinosaurs known as sauropods, once seen as icons of extinction, thrived for millions of years all around the world
Quantum "Graviton" Particles May Resemble Ordinary Particles of Force
Maybe unifying the forces of nature isn't quite as hard as physicists thought it would be
New Technology Allows Better Extreme Weather Forecasts
New technology that increases the warning time for tornadoes and hurricanes could potentially save hundreds of lives every year
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For a Healthier Country, Overhaul Farm Subsidies
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Readers Respond to "The Coming Mega Drought" and Other Articles
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In Their Prime: Mathematicians Come Closer to Solving Goldbach's Weak Conjecture
Does Digital Piracy Really Hurt Movies?
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Mice That Eat Yogurt Have Larger Testicles
Is Supersymmetry Dead?
What Is It?
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How to Tell Who's Tracking You Online
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Discusses the "Weird Little Bacteria" in Our Energy Future
Bugs in the Ice Sheet
A New Report Sheds Light on Problems Plaguing Russia's Space Program
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Why Science Is Better When It's Multinational
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Return of the Clap
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The Trouble with Wi-Fi
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Much Ado about Nothing
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50 Years Ago: The First Gamma-Ray Satellite
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Food Deserts Leave Many Americans High and Dry
