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Human Remains Double Known Rainforest Occupation Time Mar 17, 2015

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Physical remains in Sri Lanka show that people lived in rainforests 20,000 years ago, at least 10,000 years earlier than previous evidence showed. Cynthia Graber reports

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Crowd-Sourced Medical Research Gets Apple Assist Mar 16, 2015

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What’s called ResearchKit enables scientists to more easily write mobile apps that take advantage of iPhone sensors to study asthma, Parkinson’s and other diseases. Larry Greenemeier reports

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Background Music Jams Memory in Older Adults Mar 11, 2015

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People of all ages find background sound distracting, but noise appears to impede memory formation in older people. Erika Beras reports

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Some European Languages Came by Steppe Mar 10, 2015

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A new genetic analysis reveals a massive migration from the central Asian grasslands into Europe 4,500 years ago—implying that some languages followed. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Animals Can Be Given False Memories Mar 09, 2015

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Two studies, one with bees and one with mice, show that the brain can be manipulated into having a memory of an occurrence that did not in reality happen. Karen Hopkin reports

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Whale Grandmas' Longevity Linked to Knowledge Mar 05, 2015

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Whale females, like humans, live well past menopause, a trait possibly selected for because their knowledge base can help their entire clan survive. Dina Fine Maron reports

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Titan Could Host Life "Not As We Know It" Mar 03, 2015

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Saturn's moon Titan is too cold for cell membranes to form as they do on Earth. But researchers have come up with a cell membrane that could exist on Titan. Christopher Intagliata reports

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Climate Skeptic Senator Burned after Snowball Stunt Mar 02, 2015

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Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe carried a snowball onto the Senate floor to insinuate that climate change was not real, after which Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse torched Inhofe's argument. Steve Mirsky reports

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Air Force Space Command General on Keeping Space Collision-Free Feb 27, 2015

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Gen. John Hyten, Commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command, talks about the task of tracking all the materials in orbit and keeping them from crashing into one another. Steve Mirsky and Larry Greenemeier report

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Britain Imported Wheat 2,000 Years before Growing It Feb 26, 2015

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Sediments at a Britsh archaeological site include wheat remains dating back 8,000 years, meaning that Britons were bringing in European wheat two millennia before they grew it. Cynthia Graber reports

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