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THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES • SAVING SCAVENGERS HELPS HUMANS, TOO • MAPPING A CANCER CELL MEDIEVAL DISABILITIES • MICROBES IN SPACE • THE SURPRISING ORIGINS OF TOOTH SENSITIVITY WHEN THE SUN SENT ITS WORST • FROGGY FAILURES • A BETTER BRAIN WITH MEDITATION

The Loss of Apex Scavengers Is A Public Health Problem • DIMINISHING POPULATIONS OF VULTURES, HYENAS, AND OTHER LARGE SCAVENGERS COULD CAUSE AN UPTICK IN ZOONOTIC DISEASES.

HAS THE THREAT OF VANISHING VULTURES SPREAD TO THE AMERICAS?

CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE CELL MAP • MAPPING A HUMAN CELL HAS PROVIDED AN UNPRECEDENTED LOOK INTO THE MUTATIONS THAT CAUSE CANCER.

LIVING WITH A DISABILITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES • A SWEDISH SKELETON HAS HELPED RESEARCHERS REVEAL THE LIFE OF A MEDIEVAL DISABLED MAN.

IS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TOO CLEAN? • THE EXCESSIVE STERILITY OF SPACE ENVIRONMENTS COULD POSE A PROBLEM FOR ASTRONAUTS, WHOSE HEALTH MAY BE BOLSTERED BY A HEARTY DOSE OF MICROBES.

THE FISHY SOURCE OF SENSITIVE TEETH • THE SAME SUBSTANCE IS FOUND IN THE TEETH OF MODERN HUMANS AND THE ARMOR OF ANCIENT FISH, SUGGESTING A SHARED EVOLUTION.

WEATHERING THE WORST SOLAR STORM • THE STRONGEST SOLAR PARTICLE EVENT TO EVER STRIKE EARTH OCCURRED AROUND 14,300 YEARS AGO, AND CONVEYS A CLEAR WARNING ABOUT THE CHAOS OUR SUN CAN CAUSE.

MATING MISTAKES • MALE FROGS OFTEN MISTAKE OTHER SPECIES, OBJECTS, AND EVEN LIFELESS FROGS FOR MATES, A MIX-UP KNOWN AS MISDIRECTED AMPLEXUS.

The Brain on Meditation • FROM REDUCING ANXIETY TO POSSIBLY SLOWING DEMENTIA, LEARN MORE ABOUT MEDITATION’S BENEFITS FOR THE BRAIN.

Could It Be ADHD or … Narcolepsy? • DOCTORS AND EDUCATORS WANTED TO PIN THIS YOUNG GIRL’S ATTENTION ISSUES ON A COMMON NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER. THE ANSWER RESIDED IN HER DESIRE FOR SLEEP.

TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS • PERCEPTIONS, THEORIES, AND REALITIES ABOUT THE NATURE OF TIME

DOES TIME HAVE A BEGINNING — OR END?

A CURVE IN TIME

Eternal Languages • A CONVERSATION WITH THE LINGUIST GAŠPER BEGUŠ, ABOUT ANCIENT TONGUES, THEIR INFLUENCE ON MODERN TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ENDURING VALUE OF SO-CALLED “DEAD LANGUAGES.”

Huh?! HEARING CONNECTIONS • NOISE THREATENS OUR SENSE OF SOUND. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL; IT ALSO THREATENS OUR SENSE OF OUR SURROUNDINGS, AND OUR TIES TO THE PEOPLE AND WORLD AROUND US.

Left in the Dust • ANCIENT ARTWORKS HAVE ADORNED CHILE’S ATACAMA DESERT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, BUT THE STORIES THEY TELL ARE BEING ERASED, ALL WHILE ARCHAEOLOGISTS IMPLORE AUTHORITIES TO TAKE ACTION.

Confidence Without Competence • PEOPLE CAN OVERESTIMATE THEIR ABILITIES, SOMETHING KNOWN AS THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT, AND ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS, WE ALL EXPERIENCE IT.

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