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Photos Tagged as Art Linked to Rising Property Prices May 02, 2016

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Researchers found that neighborhoods with a higher proportion of Flickr photos tagged "art" saw a higher spike in property prices. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Miley Cyrus and Macaroni Combo Enables Brain-Based ID Apr 28, 2016

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An individual's unique brain response to images of a celebrity and a food could be used to create an ID procedure at high-security sites.

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Traces of Pharmaceuticals Dwell in Wastewater-Grown Veggies Apr 27, 2016

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Volunteers who ate veggies grown in wastewater had higher (but still safe) levels of an epilepsy drug in their urine, compared with subjects who ate freshwater-grown veggies. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Lower Your Voice Pitch to Persuade Apr 22, 2016

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Study volunteers whose voices deepened during a group debate tended to be more influential and convincing. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Woodpecker Head Bangs Communicate Info Apr 20, 2016

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Woodpeckers that listen to others of their kind drum into trees alter their behavior based on what they hear.

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Gambling Gave Science Some Lucky Breaks Apr 19, 2016

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The development of statistics, probability theory, game theory and chaos theory owes a lot to people trying to figure out various games of chance.

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Microbots Get the Lead Out--of Wastewater Apr 18, 2016

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Millions of tiny graphene robots can propel themselves through wastewater and scavenge heavy metals. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Bearcats Naturally Pass the Popcorn Apr 14, 2016

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Researchers have uncovered the chemistry that makes the urine of bearcats smell like freshly cooked popcorn.

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Transforming Stem Cells into Diabetes Beaters Apr 13, 2016

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Pancreatic type beta cells produced from stem cells can sense glucose, release insulin and treat a mouse model of diabetes. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Frogs Signal Visually in Noisy Environments Apr 11, 2016

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The Brazilian torrent frog has the most sophisticated visual communications system yet documented for a frog species.

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