The strategy, called retrieval practice, is a type of mental doing: It's a way to create the webs of meaning that support what we know. The post
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An American badger took five days to bury a calf carcass left at a camera trap by researchers. The behaviour could help cattle ranchers by limiting the spread of disease.
Does blue light make you more alert? Yep. But does removing it from your phone's screen help you fall asleep? That hasn't actually been proven yet. The post
The Uncertain Science Behind Your Phone's Blue Light Dimmer appeared first on
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An organ-on-chip model of the female reproductive tract includes a miniature ovary, uterus, fallopian tube, cervix, and liver. The post
Scientists Build a Menstrual Biochip That Does Everything But Bleed appeared first on
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By hijacking the DNA of a human cell, they showed it's possible to program it like a simple computer. The post
Scientists Hack a Human Cell and Reprogram It Like a Computer appeared first on
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The stentor is one of the strangest, most mysterious organisms on Earth, and it just might be swimming in a pond near you. The post
Stentors: The Tiny Giants That Ink Like Squid and Regenerate Like Wolverine appeared first on
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Examine evolution over the course of years or centuries, and you'll find that it progresses much more quickly than it does over geologic time. What gives? The post
Evolution Is Slower Than It Looks and Faster Than You Think appeared first on
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Three other plants tweak your feline's neurons. The post
Catnip Ain't the Only Plant That'll Send Your Kitty to Blissville appeared first on
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But it will take more than science to solve the global shortage of snakebite medicine. The post
Bacteria Are Brewing Up the Next Generation of Antivenoms appeared first on
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A new technique has allowed a quicker way of recoding genetic information, which could allow us to design fresh life forms with useful properties from scratch
