Science Update

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Science Update is the daily, one-minute radio feature of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS0. Broadcast nationally since 1988, Science Update covers research in all areas of science, from aardvarks to zygotes and even, on rare occasions, aardvark zygotes. We also answer listener questions phoned into our toll-free line 1-800-WHY-ISIT (4748) or emailed from our website, www.scienceupdate.com. Stories come from major scientific journals including Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physics Review Letters and Science magazine, as well as major scientific conferences and the results of our reporters snooping around labs.

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No one likes having mucus, but in some circumstances, it may be able to fight dangerous bacteria.

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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The blind mole rat, like its distant cousin the naked mole rat, never gets cancer.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
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Climate change may have unraveled the sophisticated Maya empire.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
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A new flying robot can sense and dodge obstacles.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
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Scientists have discovered water ice on the planet Mercury.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
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The hormone oxytocin has many functions in the human body. Scientists now think it may also help deter cheating.

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
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The new science of paleotempestology studies ocean sediment to uncover ancient hurricanes.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
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Lupus antibodies may become an unlikely ally against cancer.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
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Scientists have isolated a potent painkiller from the venom of the deadly black mamba snake.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
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Children, like adults, act more generous when they’re being watched.

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
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Measuring the acoustical signatures of colliding football helmets could help improve helmet safety.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
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Sophisticated computer imaging may help decode the world’s oldest un-deciphered written language.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
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The incidence of autism has increased in recent years, and so have efforts to identify and treat it earlier.

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
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Radar data, along with highly coordinated observations, has solved a disappearing-butterfly mystery.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
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Evidence suggests that an ancestor of modern humans both walked upright and climbed trees.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
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The brain has two very different mechanisms for erasing bad memories.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
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Short-wave ultraviolet radiation can clear dangerous germs from hospital rooms.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
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Housework may be killing female Komodo dragons at an early age.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
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Video exergames may be helping young people get more exercise.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
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Cancer research may have just solved a big problem for the nylon industry.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
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