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Einstein–Bohr Friendship Recounted by Bohr's Grandson Jun 19, 2015

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On June 3, 2015, Vilhelm Bohr talked about his famous grandfather's life, including the relationship with Einstein, at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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Rare Multitasking Plus: Brain-Teasers Enhance Workout Jun 16, 2015

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Test subjects rode stationary bikes 25 percent faster when they simultaneously tackled some relatively easy cognitive challegnes. Karen Hopkin reports

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Ant Smells Like Blue Cheese for a Reason Jun 15, 2015

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The "odorous house ant" smells like blue cheese or rotten coconut because it produces chemical compounds similar to those found in its nose-sakes. Cynthia Graber reports

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Mars Surface Glass Could Hold Ancient Fossils Jun 12, 2015

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Scientists have found ancient "impact glass" on the surface of Mars, which formed when asteroids struck, a billion or more years ago. If anything was alive at the time, biological materials could be trapped inside. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Is Lying a Good Strategy? Jun 11, 2015

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A new documentary film presents the science behind when and why people lie. Daisy Yuhas reports

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Color You Remember Seeing Isn't What You Saw Jun 09, 2015

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People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports

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Ancient Human Migration Route Marked by Snail Shell "Bread Crumbs" Jun 06, 2015

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Fragments of edible marine snail shells found in Lebanon support the idea that ancient humans went from Africa to Europe through the Levant. Cynthia Graber reports

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"Brainprints" Could Be Future Security ID Jun 05, 2015

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We all emit slightly different brain waves in response to stimuli, and researchers say that an individual’s specific "brainprints" could be used to validate our identities. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Frenzy-Feeding Black Hole Makes Galaxy Most Luminous Jun 04, 2015

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A galaxy 12.5 billion light-years away gives off the light of 300 trillion suns, because its feeding black hole produces enough heat to set the whole galaxy's dust glowing. Lee Billings reports

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Vaccine Aims at Fly Host of Disease Parasite Jun 03, 2015

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An experimental leishmaniasis vaccine relies on eliciting an immune response to a protein from the saliva of the sand fly that carries the leishmania parasite, rather than on anything from the parasite itself. Cynthia Graber reports

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