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Monday th 18th of August 2014

Zebra finches go mad with mercury, and other animal updates - 01:40

Friday th 15th of August 2014

Fetuses may be exposed to antimicrobial compounds - 17:00

To explain asteroid composition, scientists invoke nuts - 13:01

Thousand-robot swarm self-assembles into complex shapes - 11:20

Dolphins and whales may squeal with pleasure too - 10:40

Thursday th 14th of August 2014

Clearing up anatomy with a see-through mouse - 15:41

Dust nabbed by spacecraft may be from outside the solar system - 14:40

Antibiotics in infancy may cause obesity in adults - 11:31

Inflammation-blocking cells might fight often-fatal sepsis - 09:50

Data deluge feeds paranoia parenting - 09:31

Wednesday th 13th of August 2014

Common motion emerges in swarms of only 10 midges - 17:50

Elderly benefit from high-dose flu shot - 16:20

Neurons in silk scaffold mimic behaviors of a real brain - 14:20

Aboriginal lizard hunting boosts kangaroo numbers - 13:01

Ups and downs in the quest for clean air - 10:15

Tuesday th 12th of August 2014

Prosthesis uses swinging arms to tell legs when to step - 16:31

Busy neurons don’t always draw blood - 16:10

Laser identifies explosive powders 400 meters away - 10:10

Top 10 mathematical innovations - 07:10

Monday th 11th of August 2014

New dolphin species gets a name - 15:10

Spacecraft films Pluto’s largest moon in orbit - 14:10

Animal source of Ebola outbreak eludes scientists - 13:50

Grizzly bears master healthy obesity - 12:40

World’s largest ocean dead zone may shrink as Earth warms - 07:50

Survey catalogs what is stressing out Americans - 06:50

Sunday th 10th of August 2014

Father-son mathematicians fold math into fonts - 12:10

Cosmologist’s ‘Cosmic Cocktail’ is a refreshing read - 12:10

Saturday th 9th of August 2014

Music soothes the aging brain in film ‘Alive Inside’ - 12:30

Friday th 8th of August 2014

Rat moms’ behavior reflected in their babies’ brains - 16:10

Feedback - 14:40

The craziest NASA mission ever proposed - 14:40

NASA bets on asteroid mission as best path to Mars - 14:01

For neurons, birthday matters - 13:01

Mercury at ocean surface may have tripled since preindustrial times - 13:01

Bilingual homes may give babies a learning lift - 11:01

Brain-inspired computer chip mimics 1 million neurons - 10:20

Here’s your chance to see the last passenger pigeon - 09:20

Thursday th 7th of August 2014

Cloud seeding fueled fire about weather modification - 17:00

New tests screen for lethal prion disease - 15:32

Robots start flat, then pop into shape and crawl - 13:20

Octomom and six other extreme animal parents - 08:20

Wednesday th 6th of August 2014

Rosetta spacecraft confabs with a comet - 15:50

Single black hole may be masquerading as a pair - 15:10

Barrel jellyfish may hunt with new kind of math - 14:50

Airborne transmission of Ebola unlikely, monkey study shows - 14:31

Three volcanic eruptions rock Jupiter's moon Io - 12:31

Tuesday th 5th of August 2014

Debate rages over mouse studies’ relevance to humans - 15:10

Two American Ebola patients given experimental therapy - 15:10

Addiction showcases the brain’s flexibility - 13:32

'Hobbit' may have been human with Down syndrome - 13:10