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November 30, 2015
Anti-Alzheimer’s gene may have led to the rise of grandparents
ScienceNOW - 3:15
The brains of men and women aren’t really that different, study finds
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Optimism at Canada’s annual science policy summit, but also doubts
ScienceNOW - 1:30
November 27, 2015
New type of ‘flow battery’ can store 10 times the energy of the next best device
ScienceNOW - 6:30
November 25, 2015
We used to revere turkeys, not eat them
ScienceNOW - 12:30
Leading the flock helps speedy pigeons learn to navigate
ScienceNOW - 12:00
Take our weekly quiz on the benefit of parasitic worms, animals that spot cancer, and more!
ScienceNOW - 12:00
Huge development projects could doom Africa’s environment
ScienceNOW - 12:00
Researchers dispute lawmaker’s allegation that NOAA rushed climate study
ScienceNOW - 10:45
How a dying star spreads its seed
ScienceNOW - 6:00
Missing link between dinosaur nests and bird nests
ScienceNOW - 2:00
November 24, 2015
Video: Birds observed arguing over parental duties for first time
ScienceNOW - 12:15
Announcing the 2015 Dance Your Ph.D. winner
ScienceNOW - 8:00
Odd creature was ancient ancestor of today’s giraffes
ScienceNOW - 7:15
Fish show signs of sentience in ‘emotional fever’ test
ScienceNOW - 7:15
Compromise is key as major U.S. school reform looms
ScienceNOW - 2:45
Progress, but still much to do, AIDS report finds
ScienceNOW - 1:00
November 23, 2015
How farming changed the European genome
ScienceNOW - 12:15
Having trouble concentrating? This brain network may be to blame
ScienceNOW - 11:00
Take our weekly quiz on the benefit of parasitic worms, animals that spot cancer and more!
ScienceNOW - 6:00
Ancient bibles were made from livestock
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Gene drive turns insects into malaria fighters
ScienceNOW - 2:45
November 20, 2015
Top stories: Cancer-spotting pigeons, humanmade vocal cords, and parasitic worms that promote pregnancy
ScienceNOW - 4:15
China pursues fraudsters in science publishing
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Scientists call for lifting protections for Great Lakes wolves
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Why is your Christmas tree so big? An ancient gift of extra genes
ScienceNOW - 2:00
In electrifying advance, researchers create circuit within living plants
ScienceNOW - 2:00
November 19, 2015
Genetically modified salmon wins FDA approval
ScienceNOW - 12:15
Why you shouldn’t always listen to dietary guidelines
ScienceNOW - 12:00
United Kingdom needs a science funding czar, report says
ScienceNOW - 11:15
Updated: Genetically modified salmon wins FDA approval
ScienceNOW - 2:30
Feature: How to hijack a journal
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Video: Sea creature makes a thousand eyes from its shell
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Intestinal worms may help women get pregnant more often
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Journal hijacking supplemental data
ScienceNOW - 2:00
November 18, 2015
NIH to end all support for chimpanzee research
ScienceNOW - 5:30
Childhood cancers more likely to come from major cancer genes than scientists thought
ScienceNOW - 5:00
U.S., Cuba to jointly protect, study marine life
ScienceNOW - 4:45
Elizabeth Blackburn to lead Salk Institute
ScienceNOW - 4:15
Pigeons spot cancer as well as human experts
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Scientists grow working vocal cord tissue in the lab
ScienceNOW - 2:00
November 17, 2015
Human diarrhea virus could mix and match in monkeys
ScienceNOW - 11:15
Biologists wipe out toad-killing fungus on small Spanish island
ScienceNOW - 7:15
Biologists wipe out toad-killing fungus on a Spanish island
ScienceNOW - 7:15
November 16, 2015
Humans can outlearn chimps thanks to more flexible brain genetics
ScienceNOW - 6:45
Take the weekly quiz on the algorithm of the decade, our most critical genes, and more!
ScienceNOW - 6:00
Chilean scientists protest poor working conditions
ScienceNOW - 5:45
Without us, pumpkins may have gone extinct
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Without us, pumpkins may have gone extinct
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Fish parasite is a stripped-down jellyfish
ScienceNOW - 3:00
November 13, 2015
Can the vocabulary of deceit reveal fraudulent studies?
ScienceNOW - 3:00
November 12, 2015
Inca child mummy reveals lost genetic history of South America
ScienceNOW - 9:00
Popular herbicide doesn’t cause cancer, European Union agency says
ScienceNOW - 8:00
Feature: Chinese-American scientists in the crosshairs
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Ancient mass extinction may have shrunk Earth’s creatures
ScienceNOW - 2:00
November 11, 2015
The 3230 genes you can’t do without
ScienceNOW - 5:00
Video: Typing using just your thoughts just got a lot faster
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Humans have been using bees for at least 9000 years
ScienceNOW - 1:45
November 10, 2015
Grandmothers can pass immunity to their grandchildren, at least in pigeons
ScienceNOW - 7:30
Spiny fish grow into shapes that are hard to swallow
ScienceNOW - 7:15
Crabs feel pain
ScienceNOW - 7:15
European Commission appoints top scientists to fill policy advice gap
ScienceNOW - 6:00
Mathematician claims breakthrough in complexity theory
ScienceNOW - 5:45
November 09, 2015
Potti found guilty of research misconduct
ScienceNOW - 12:30
Take the weekly quiz on tumor-killing vitamins, volcanic chambers, and more!
ScienceNOW - 6:00
Where did the ‘gay lisp’ stereotype come from?
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Wanna bet? Gambling could reveal which scientific studies are worth their salt
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Q&A: How to encourage more scientific risk-taking—and efficiency
ScienceNOW - 3:00
November 06, 2015
Cancer researchers band together to pool tumor genome data
ScienceNOW - 12:30
Restoring coral reefs, with some help from local fish
ScienceNOW - 4:30
Top stories: A controversial infertility treatment, tumor-killing vitamins, and Mount St. Helens’s chamber of secrets
ScienceNOW - 4:15
Video: Carbon-based paper folds itself up, walks away
ScienceNOW - 2:00
November 05, 2015
Three of Earth’s largest extinctions may have been caused by loss of essential element
ScienceNOW - 12:15
Nonreligious children are more generous
ScienceNOW - 12:00
House science panel demands more NOAA documents on climate paper
ScienceNOW - 12:00
Feature: A controversial company offers a new way to make a baby
ScienceNOW - 9:00
Updated: Canada reinstates mandatory census, to delight of social scientists
ScienceNOW - 2:30
Steroid eye drops reverse cataracts in mice
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Vitamin C kills tumor cells with hard-to-treat mutation
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Gut microbes give anticancer treatments a boost
ScienceNOW - 2:00
Updated: Canada expected to reinstate mandatory census
ScienceNOW - 1:00
November 04, 2015
Canada expected to reinstate mandatory census
ScienceNOW - 11:00
Human language may be shaped by climate and terrain
ScienceNOW - 9:00
Female birds get drabber when their males fool around
ScienceNOW - 1:00
November 03, 2015
Human feces from the developing world could power millions of homes
ScienceNOW - 12:15
November 02, 2015
Meet the world’s tiniest snail
ScienceNOW - 12:15
Study argues rice was domesticated at least three times
ScienceNOW - 11:00
Take the weekly quiz on levitating objects, mysterious fish migrations, and more!
ScienceNOW - 6:00
West Nile virus still wiping out birds across North America
ScienceNOW - 3:00
Just a nudge could collapse West Antarctic Ice Sheet, raise sea levels 3 meters
ScienceNOW - 3:00