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Grandma's Influence Is Good for Grandkids Feb 25, 2019

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Grandmothers can enhance the survival of grandchildren. That is, unless grandma’s too old or lives too far away. Karen Hopkin reports.

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Should Robots Have a License to Kill? Feb 23, 2019

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Artificial intelligence experts, ethicists and diplomats debate autonomous weapons. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Warming Climate Implies More Flies—and Disease Feb 20, 2019

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The incidence of foodborne illness could jump in a warming world, due to an increase in housefly activity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Light-Skin Variant Arose in Asia Independent of Europe Feb 19, 2019

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A new genetic study of Latin Americans provides evidence that gene variants for lighter skin color came about in Asia as well as in Europe. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Teach Science Process over Findings Feb 18, 2019

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Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out.

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Human Diet Drugs Kill Mosquitoes' Appetite, Too Feb 16, 2019

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When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Karen Hopkin reports.

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Grazing Deer Alter Forest Acoustics Feb 15, 2019

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Deer populations have exploded in North American woodlands, changing forest ecology—and how sounds, like birdsong, travel through the trees. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Elephant Weight Cycles with New Teeth Feb 14, 2019

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Elephants have six sets of teeth over their lives, sometimes two sets at once. At those times, they can extract more nutrition from food and put on weight.

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Finally Over for Mars Rover Feb 13, 2019

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The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars.

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Our Brains Really Remember Some Pop Music Feb 11, 2019

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Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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