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- Beaver Teeth Have Iron AdvantageBeaver enamel is rich in iron—which is even more effective than fluoride at staving off cavities. Christopher Intagliata reports
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4 min - Nectar Helps Bees’ Medicine Go Down
In addition to fuel, nectar from various plant species contains chemical compounds that reduce the numbers of a common gut parasite in bumblebees. Christopher Intagliata reports
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3 min - Pot Munchies Explained By Re-Tasked Neurons
Marijuana boosts users' appetities by changing the signals brain cells produce from sated to still hungry. Karen Hopkin reports.
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3 min - Hot Chili Peppers Motivate Mice to Burn FatRodents fed capsaicin voluntarily exercised more than their furry friends on a lower-heat diet. Karen Hopkin reports
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3 min - Humans off the Hook for Alaskan Mastodon ExtinctionA reexamination of museum mastodon specimens provides evidence that that last ones were gone from what's called the Beringia region well before any humans showed up. Emily Schwing reports
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4 min - Triskaidekaphobia Plays Role in Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Some random historical facts about the number 13 may be behind some people's irrational aversion to Friday the 13th. Karen Hopkin reports.
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4 min - Contraception Could Prevent 15 Million Unwanted Pregnancies AnnuallyFifteen million unwanted pregnancies in 35 low- and middle-income countries could be avoided if women had access to and freedom to use contraception. Cynthia Graber reports
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3 min - Preindustrial Pollution Pestered PeruIce cores show a sudden rise in heavy metal air pollution in South America 240 years before the industrial revolution, probably due to metallurgy and mining. Karen Hopkin reports
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3 min - Subway DNA Survey Finds Microbes, Mozzarella and MysteryScientists sequenced genetic material found in all 468 New York City subway stations, and nearly half matched no known organism. Christopher Intagliata reports
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4 min - Newton Figured Out How Tree Sap Rises
Buried in one of Isaac Newton's college notebooks is a page on which he fairly accurately theorizes on the process of transpiration in plants, two centuries before the concept was elucidated. Karen Hopkin reports
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