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How to Live to a Ripe Old Age
National Geographic Fellow Dan Buettner Gives Tips From Earth's "Blue Zones"
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What Lives in Your Belly Button?
A "rain forest" of species thrive in our navels, a new study finds. Don't be alarmed, though—says one researcher, "It's quite beautiful."
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Math Can Hurt
Think math's a pain? A new study has your number: Anticipation of arithmetic, researchers say, can activate pain centers in the brain.
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Sandy Floods May Pose Health Risk
As New York City grapples with major flooding, residents may be at risk of infections from stagnant water, experts say.
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"Seventy-two Is the New 30"
A 72-year-old today faces the same chances of dying as a 30-year-old in preindustrial times, a new study says. Evolution at work?
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Slime Has Memory but No Brain
Slime molds have evolved a way of remembering where they've been. Quips one scientist: "I, for one, welcome our new gelatinous overlords."
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Sperm Tracked in 3-D—A First
For the first time, scientists have successfully plotted the paths of sperm in 3-D, revealing corkscrew-like trajectories and "hyperactive" swimmers.
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Men, Women See Things Differently
The grass is almost always greener to women, for starters, a new study says—and such differences could have roots deep in human evolution.
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How Your Brain May Clean Itself
Talk about brainwashing—a newfound plumbing system likely helps our brain empty its waste, a new study says.
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Why Do We Sneeze?
Sure, they blast out germs and other unwanted intruders, but sneezes have another, just discovered purpose, a new study says.
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Pictures We Love: 2012
A swarm of tadpoles and an inflatable Stonehenge are among our photo editors' picks of the most interesting news pictures of 2012.
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The Best Pictures of December
Mud-slathered tourists, a cabaret comeback, and a glacial "mushroom" appear in our photo editors' favorite news pictures of December.
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Extreme Diving Gets a Boost
A newly invented underwater habitat makes it easier for divers to come to the surface following deep dives. Video.
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Photos: Shell Rig Runs Aground
Crews have been trying to secure the Arctic drilling rig, which broke free of its tow lines in a storm and is carrying 150,000 gallons of fuel.
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The Top 5 Exoplanets of 2012
We pick the most interesting alien worlds discovered in the past year.
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Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Kick off the New Year with the annual Quadrantid meteor shower, which will peak tonight into the wee hours of January 3.
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New Space Pictures
Star trails streak over a salt lake, ice blooms into "broccoli," and the sun sets off sparks in this week's best space pictures.
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Hangover Cures Explained
From B vitamins to hot peppers—suggestions abound for how to banish that New Year's Eve hangover.
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Cutting the Cords With Wireless Power
WiTricity, a company based near Boston, envisions a future where everything from mobile phones to vehicles can be charged without wires.
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Tigers Bouncing Back
Tigers are making a comeback thanks to strong government initiatives in India, Thailand, and Russia, scientists announced this week.
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U.S. Wind Industry Gets Tax Credit Extension
As part of the new "fiscal cliff" measure passed by Congress Tuesday, the production tax credit for renewables gets a one-year extension.
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Farewell to 75-Watt Incandescent Light Bulbs
Beginning Tuesday, new U.S. regulations prohbit the manufacture or import of traditional 75-watt incandescent light bulbs.
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How Accurate Is 'Promised Land' on Fracking?
Fracking has now become so much a part of the fabric of American life that it has earned its first genuine Hollywood treatment.
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