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News Tidal floods driven by climate change may hurt small businesses Feb 19 2019 6:00 AM Parking data from Annapolis, Md.'s historic downtown shows how tidal flooding, driven by sea rise, can hurt local business. READ MORE   News in Brief Brain cells combine place and taste to make food maps Feb 18 2019 1:00 PM A select group of brain cells responds to both flavor and location, a specialty that may help an animal find the next good meal. READ MORE   News in Brief Tooth plaque shows drinking milk goes back 3,000 years in Mongolia Feb 17 2019 7:00 AM The hardened plaque on teeth is helping scientists trace the history of dairying in Mongolia. READ MORE   News Why some Georgia O'Keeffe paintings have 'art acne' Feb 16 2019 9:00 AM Tiny protrusions are from chemical reactions in the paint, say scientists who developed an imaging method that could help curators track the knobs. READ MORE   News LIGO will be getting a quantum upgrade Feb 15 2019 2:54 PM Quantum squeezing of light will help scientists make better gravitational wave detectors. READ MORE   News STEM professors' beliefs on intelligence may widen the racial achievement gap Feb 15 2019 2:00 PM Seeing intelligence as fixed can result in lower grades, especially for certain minorities READ MORE   More Recent Headlines News Muons reveal the whopping voltages inside a thunderstorm Feb 15 2019 7:00 AM Particle physics sheds new light on the electric potential of thunderstorms. READ MORE   News A new insulation material is practically weightless yet still durable Feb 14 2019 2:00 PM Extreme heat and temperature swings are no match for this lightweight insulator. READ MORE   News Climate change could increase foodborne illness by energizing flies Feb 14 2019 9:00 AM Warmer, more lively house flies could spread more Campylobacter bacteria by landing on more food. READ MORE   50 Years Ago 50 years ago, DDT pushed peregrine falcons to the edge of extinction Feb 14 2019 7:00 AM In 1969, peregrine falcons were at risk of extinction. But a ban on the pesticide DDT and new captive breeding programs allowed the raptors to recover. READ MORE   News Slow sperm may fail at crashing 'gates' on their way to an egg Feb 13 2019 2:49 PM A new study describes how sperm navigate narrow straits in the reproductive tract's obstacle course to reach an egg. READ MORE   News After 15 years on Mars, it's the end of the road for Opportunity Feb 13 2019 2:16 PM After 15 years of exploring Mars, a dust storm led to the demise of NASA's longest-lived rover. READ MORE   News Photons reveal a weird effect called the quantum pigeonhole paradox Feb 13 2019 6:00 AM Quantum particles seem to disobey a fundamental principle of mathematics. READ MORE   News in Brief A new 2-D material uses light to quickly and safely purify water Feb 12 2019 3:30 PM A newly designed material uses only light to speedily remove 99.9999 percent of microbes from water. READ MORE   News in Brief Greenland may have another massive crater hiding under its ice Feb 12 2019 10:06 AM There may be yet another large crater buried beneath Greenland's ice sheet. But it's probably not related to the first one found last year. READ MORE   Feature Robots are becoming classroom tutors. But will they make the grade? Feb 12 2019 6:00 AM Educational robots show promise for helping kids in the classroom or at home, but researchers are still figuring out how these bots should behave. READ MORE

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