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Health & Medicine

Sleeping Soundly for a Longer Life

People who have trouble falling or staying asleep may be more likely to die sooner from natural causes compared to those who sleep well.

Health & Medicine

Opening a Channel for Tasting Salt

Scientists may be a step closer to explaining people's fondness for salty snacks.

Tech

Butterfly wings and waterproof coats

Inspired by nature, scientists have come up with clever new designs for waterproof coatings.

Animals

Ant invasions change the rules

Ant invaders may wreck the rules by which entire communities of their peers work.

Tech

Cell phones and possible health hazards

Radiation from some cell phones appears to kill brain cells in rats.

Space

Zooming In on the Wild Sun

A close look at the sun reveals a chaotic, ever-changing surface.

Health & Medicine

Tapeworms and drug delivery

Scientists are learning from tapeworms how to develop more effective medicines.

Animals

Better tools for techno crows

Certain crows can make tools and even refine their designs.

Planets

A planet’s slim-fast plan

A planet orbiting very close to its sun can quickly lose weight.

Animals

Fish nests with pizzazz

Fish known as three-spined sticklebacks go gaga over decorating their nests.

Animals

Lucky survival for black cats

A cat's black color may date back to a mutation that also protected the felines from diseases a long time ago.

Space

Phantom Energy and the Big Rip

Weird stuff called dark energy could push the universe toward a runaway expansion and ultimate demise about 21 billion years from now.