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12:02
Do Your Gut Bacteria Influence Your Metabolism?
The microbes in your gut may help determine if you are thin or obese.
16:34
How to Make a Beer Home Brew
How to brew the perfect ale and lager from your stove top.
6:40
Ancient Beads with an Otherworldly Origin
Iron beads made from meteoric metals predate the Iron Age.
22:57
Diagnosing Self-Destruction
Scientists still have little idea what spurs people to take their own lives.
16:55
Space Telescope Reawakened for an Asteroid Hunt
NASA will give the dormant WISE space telescope a new task, enlisting it in the hunt for near-Earth asteroids.
28:50
New Clues to Memory Glitch Behind ‘Senior Moments’
One memory-related gene may retire later in life, leaving you wondering, “Where’d I put my keys?”
37:46
Rebooting Science Museums for the 21st Century
Science museums aren’t just dioramas and dusty skeletons anymore.
8:07
Judging Music With Visual Cues
How important are our eyes when we take in a musical performance?
12:22
A Robot Lab to Survey the Sea Floor
Researchers are developing a DNA-sampling robot for undersea exploration.
24:59
A Telescope Fails, but the Hunt for Exoplanets Continues
Although the Kepler planet-hunting telescope is no longer operating, discoveries remain to be made in its data.