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Healthy Behavior Can Spread Like Illness Apr 20, 2017

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If people run more in New York City, that can push their socially connected counterparts in San Diego to run more as well. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Climate 420 Million Years Ago Poised for Comeback Apr 19, 2017

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Starting in the next century, atmospheric carbon levels could begin to approach those of hundreds of millions of years ago, and have their warming effect augmented by a brighter sun.

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Traces of Genetic Trauma Can Be Tweaked Apr 15, 2017

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Trauma can be passed down to offspring due to epigenetic changes in DNA. But positive experiences seem able to correct that. Erika Beras reports.

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Species Split When Mountains Rise Apr 13, 2017

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Plant species in China's Hengduan Mountains exploded in diversity eight million years ago—right when the mountains were built. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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World Parkinson's Day Puts Spotlight on Condition Apr 11, 2017

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Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research CEO Todd Sherer, a neuroscientist, talks about the state of Parkinson's disease and research.

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Cave Dwellers Battled Bed Bug Bites, Too Apr 06, 2017

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Researchers have found the earliest evidence of bugs in the Cimex genus co-habitating with humans, in Oregon's Paisley Caves. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Extreme Storms Are Extreme Eroders Apr 05, 2017

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The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion. Julia Rosen reports.

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Spiders Gobble Gargantuan Numbers of Tiny Prey Apr 03, 2017

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The low-end estimate for how much the world's spiders eat is some 400 million tons of mostly insects and springtails.

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Your Cat Thinks You're Cool Mar 29, 2017

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A study of house cats and shelter cats found that the felines actually tended to choose human company over treats or toys.

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Exoplanets Make Life Conversation Livelier Mar 25, 2017

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Astronomer Caleb Scharf weighs what ever more exoplanets mean in the search for extraterrestrial life.