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Infectious animals
Critters spread many germs that can sicken each other — and even kill people
Posted in Animals, Body & Health
Tagged AIDS, bush meat, bushmeat, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Columbia University, Ebola, EcoHealth Alliance, ecology, emerging infectious disease, epidemic, epidemiology, feature, flu, Hendra virus, HIV, Ian Lipkin, Influenza, Jonathan Epstein, Kristine Smith, Melissa Miller, microbiology, Nipah virus, pathogen, Salmonella, salmonellosis, SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, simian immunodeficiency syndrome, SIV, topstories, vaccination, vaccine, zoonosis, zoonotic
People can sicken animals
Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people
Posted in Animals, Body & Health
Tagged biological pollution, bobcats, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, cats, clams, crabs, ecology, emerging infectious disease, explainer, feces, filter feeders, germs, marine mammals, Melissa Miller, microbe, microbiology, mollusk, mussels, Oysters, parasite, pathogen, Pollution, runoff, sea otters, terms: pets, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, wetlands, wildcat, wildlife
The teenage brain
Adolescence triggers brain — and behavioral — changes that few kids or adults understand
Posted in Brain & Behavior
Tagged Adaptation, adolescence, Beatriz Luna, behavior, BJ Casey, brain, Brown University, Cornell University, decision making, Eveline Crone, evolution, feature, impulsiveness, incentives, learning, Leiden University, Michael Frank, nerve, neuron, prefrontal cortex, reward center, risk taking, synapses, synaptic pruning, teenager, temptations, topstories, University of Pittsburgh, ventral striatum
Fooling the mind’s eye
Brain scientists find they have much to learn from magicians and their tricks
Posted in Brain & Behavior
Tagged Alzheimer’s, Anthony Barnhart, axon, Barrow Neurological Institute, consciousness, feature, illusion, invisible gorilla, magic, magician, misdirection, neuromagic, neuron, neuroscience, optic nerve, Penn & Teller, perception, primary visual cortex, reality, sleight of hand, Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, topstories, trick
Science fairs: Teaching students to think like scientists
Broadcom MASTERS competition encourages science as interactive, live process, not just memorization
Posted in Science Education
Tagged getinvolved
An enemy in the cave
Bats under attack from a fungus send scientists searching for clues to solve a deadly mystery
A very good blast from the past
And into the future: New, cool stuff that lasers can do
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