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This is Scientific America's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. Thisll just take a minute. Research on acupuncture just got a shot in the arm. Well, a needle near the knee, actually. Because a study in the journal Nature Neuroscience has uncovered

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. As Valentines day approaches, remember, its the thought that counts. Just ask a decorated cricket. Because according to a study published in the January

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Many of the key molecules for life have a specific direction, or handedness: DNA twists to the right, amino acids to the left. Now scientists at the Nation

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. In 1953 a student named Stanley Miller did an experiment showing that the simple chemicals present on the early Earth could give rise to the basic buildi

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Beginners. Today, Foxy had an appointment with the vet for vaccinations and a general check-up. She is about eight months old, so she needed her second set of vaccinations. The vet also needed to see if her growth was normal and healthy. I put her in

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