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Solar Eclipse Was a Buzzkill for Bees Oct 12, 2018

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Bees suddenly fell silent when the sun disappeared during last year's solar eclipse—perhaps because they were tricked into night mode. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Confident Tone Overcomes Accent Distrust Oct 11, 2018

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English as-a-first-language Canadian study subjects were less trusting of statements in English spoken with a foreign accent, unless the speaker sounded confident about their assertion.

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Mom's Genes Make Some Giraffes Hard to Spot Oct 10, 2018

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Baby giraffes inherit aspects of their mothers' patterning—which could give them a survival advantage if good camouflage runs in the family. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Economics Nobel Highlights Climate Action Necessity Oct 09, 2018

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William Nordhaus shared the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis,” with Paul Romer, "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis."

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Highway Crossings Protect Migrating Pronghorns—and Motorists Oct 06, 2018

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Twice a year, thousands of pronghorn antelope and mule deer migrate through Wyoming, and newly built highway crossings are sparing the lives of animals—and motorists. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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Beer Fermentation Hops Along Oct 04, 2018

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The bittering agents called hops have enzymes that chew up starch and unleash more fermentable sugar—which can boost alcohol and CO2 in the finished brew. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Nobel in Chemistry for New and Useful Chemical Entities via Evolutionary Principles Oct 03, 2018

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Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter share the 2018 chemistry Nobel for developing evolutionary-based techniques that lead to the creation of new chemical entities with useful properties.

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Nobel in Physics for Controlling Laser Light Oct 02, 2018

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Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland share the 2018 physics Nobel for their work with lasers that have led to numerous practical applications, such as eye surgery.

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Nobel for Helping the Immune System Fight Cancer Oct 01, 2018

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James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo share the Nobel Prize for their work on harnessing the cancer patient's own immune system to destroy tumors.

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Blasey Ford Spells Out Trauma Memory Formation Sep 30, 2018

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Christine Blasey Ford's professional expertise came into play during her testimony regarding the Supreme Court nomination.

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