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NYC Mice Are Packed with Pathogens Apr 18, 2018

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Mice trapped in New York City apartment buildings harbored disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Mine Social Media Posts to Predict Flu Apr 17, 2018

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Researchers used Twitter searches for nonflu words associated with behavior to predict flu outbreaks two weeks in advance.

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Planting Milkweed for Monarchs? Make Sure It's Native Apr 16, 2018

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Non-native milkweed species planted in the southern U.S. could harm monarch butterflies as temperatures rise. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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The Internet Needs a Tune-Up Apr 13, 2018

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Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford talks about optimizing the internet for the uses it got drafted into performing.

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Glacier Suddenly Goes Galloping Apr 12, 2018

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Researchers try to figure out why every 20 years a Pakistan glacier moves roughly 1,500 times faster.

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Some Habitable Zone Exoplanets May Get X-Rayed Out Apr 11, 2018

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Red dwarfs are a popular place to hunt for small exoplanets in the habitable zone—but the stars' radiation bursts might fry chances for life as we know it. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Right Whales Seem to Think before They Speak Apr 09, 2018

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Rather than always making the same call in response to the same stimuli, North Atlantic right whales are capable of changing their vocalizations.

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Old New England Underground May Be Spry after All Apr 07, 2018

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The U.S. Northeast may be more geologically active than was previously thought, according to a seismic sensor network.

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Brain Scan Might Reveal Appetite for Risk Apr 06, 2018

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Volunteers willing to place riskier bets tended to sport larger amygdalas—a region associated with processing fear. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Neandertal Face Shape Was All Over the Air Apr 04, 2018

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The jutting midface of Neandertals seems to have evolved to help get large volumes of air into an active body that needed lots of oxygen.

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