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Chinese Cave Graffiti Agrees with Site's Drought Evidence Aug 18, 2015

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Researchers linked dated graffiti about droughts in a cave in China to physical evidence in the cave of the water shortages, such as changes in ratios of stable isotopes in specific layers of stalagmites

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Whistled Language Forces Brain to Modify Usual Processing Aug 17, 2015

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Both hemispheres are involved in the brains of people interpreting a whistled variant of Turkish, compared with a left hemisphere dominance when listeners hear the spoken language

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Invertebrates Are Forgotten Victims of "Sixth Extinction" Aug 14, 2015

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Some 95 percent of catalogued species in one family of Hawaiian land snails could already be extinct, and similar rates of invertebrate extinction could be happening around the world. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Nicotine-Chomping Bacteria Could Help Smokers Quit Aug 13, 2015

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Researchers isolated a bacterial enzyme that could break down nicotine before smokers get the buzz that keeps them coming back for more. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Women Left out in Cold by Office A-C Standards Aug 12, 2015

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Indoor climate control systems are based on 1960s standards that envisioned the typical office worker to be a 40-year-old, 68-kilogram man

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Bite Me: The Mutation That Made Corn Kernels Consumable Aug 11, 2015

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A single-point mutation in corn's ancestor teosinte got rid of the hard shell that used to encase every kernel

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Fish Slime Inspires New Eco-Sunscreen Ingredient Aug 07, 2015

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Researchers have developed a new ecofriendly sunscreen molecule that protects against both UV-A and UV-B rays, and could also be used to create more durable paints and plastics. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Microbes Deep under Seafloor Reflect Ancient Land Origins Aug 06, 2015

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Microbes 2,500 meters below the seafloor in Japan are most closely related to bacterial groups that thrive in forest soils on land, suggesting that they might be descendants of ones that survived when their terrestrial habitat was flooded 20 million years ago

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Spicy Food Linked to Lower Risk of Death Aug 05, 2015

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In a study of nearly half a million volunteers in China, those who ate chilies just a couple times a week had a 10 percent lower risk of death. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Bonobo Peeps May Be Necessary Language Precursors Aug 04, 2015

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Animal communication studies have shown only fixed vocalizations, such as alarm cries. But Bonobo chimps appear to have a call that has different meanings in different contexts

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