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Battling Down Syndrome Memory Loss
A mouse model suggests a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s-like dementia in aging Down syndrome patients.
A Long, Naked, Cancer-Free Life
Biologists have discovered a gene that may keep naked mole rats cancer-free, a finding they hope can have implications with humans.
Paralyzed Mice and M&Ms
A pill or two might be able to prevent future devastating spinal cord injuries from turning into paralysis, suggests new research on mice.
Marvin Mouse vs. the Killer T Cell
A transgenic rodent named for a philanthropic football coach is front and center in the effort to solve the multiple sclerosis whodunit.
And For My Next trick, I Will Levitate a Mouse
Weightlessness experiments using superconductors sweep mice off their feet.
R.O.U.S. Found!
Expedition to New Guinea highlands brings back wild and wooly news on giant rat.
Itchy? You’ve Got Some Nerve
Researchers studying itchy mice determine that separate neurons deliver sensations for itchiness and pain.
That’s a Nice Crop Of Teeth You Got There
Growing a new tooth in the jawbone of a mouse provides the first fully functional organ grown in any animal by transplanting so-called ‘germ cells.’
New Rat Species Nose Their Way Into Menageries
Even as species disappear at an accelerating rate, intrepid researchers are finding rodents previously unknown to science.
Working Mice Spun From Skin Cells
In demonstrating that embryonic stem cells may not be the experimental bottleneck as they are often seen, researchers have created live mice from mouse skin.
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Gender Wage Gap Skewed By Survey Flaws
The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.
‘Orcas as Slaves’ Argument Sinks
An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there’s no legal precedent establishing them as persons.
The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor
New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.
House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity
New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads
A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.
Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting
After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.
Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World
A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.
Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely
Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.
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Slugging — The People’s Transit
In Washington, D.C., commuters have taken thousands of cars off highways via a homegrown rideshare system known as “slugging.” Can the government create more slugs — without stepping on any?
Bacteria ‘R’ Us
Emerging research shows that bacteria have powers to engineer the environment, to communicate and to affect human well-being. They may even think.
A New Take on Political Ideology
An evolutionary psychologist proposes a new framework for understanding the root causes of our political beliefs.
The Real Science Gap
It’s not insufficient schooling or a shortage of scientists. It’s a lack of job opportunities. Americans need the reasonable hope that spending their youth preparing to do science will provide a satisfactory career.
Triumph of the Cyborg Composer
David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?
