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Antibiotics in Blood Can Make Malaria Mosquitoes Mightier Jan 13, 2015

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The drugs disrupt mosquitoes' gut bacteria, which appears to make the insects more effective malaria vectors. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Health and Conservation Reminders Cut Consumer Energy Use Jan 12, 2015

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Households that got weekly messages about the lower pollution they generated via efficiency cut energy use much more than did residents who were told how much money they were saving. Cynthia Graber reports

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Active Sun at Birth Cut Historical Life Spans Jan 09, 2015

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High UV radiation during solar maxima may have degraded expectant mothers' stores of folate, a vitamin essential to development. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Making Evolution Make Microbes Make Products Jan 08, 2015

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By selecting for bacteria that can survive only if they make a particular product of interest over multiple iterations, researchers vastly improved yields and decreased production times. Cynthia Graber reports

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Human Eye Sometimes Sees the Unseeable Jan 06, 2015

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Under certain conditions people can catch a glimpse of usually invisible infrared light. Karen Hopkin reports

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E.T. May Reveal Itself with Vibration Jan 05, 2015

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Looking for movement could complement chemical searches for extraterrestrial life. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Large Carnivores Getting Comfy in Europe Jan 02, 2015

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Populations of big carnivores such as brown bears, Eurasian lynx, grey wolves and wolverines are stable or increasing in a substantial part of Europe. Cynthia Graber reports

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Lyme Helps Spread Other Tick Infections Dec 31, 2014

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Mice infected with Lyme and the Babesia parasite are more likely to pass on babesiosis than mice infected with babesiosis alone. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Lightning May Sink Mountain Summits Dec 30, 2014

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Magnetic anomalies in rocks indicate that lightning may be a major player in weathering mountains. Julia Rosen reports

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Budget Bill Stealthily Affects Environment and Energy Dec 23, 2014

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Congress took advantage of the pressure to pass a budget bill by adding riders that change rules concerning the environment and energy. Josh Fischman reports

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