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The next generation of smart weapons may "see" targets with a manmade version of that wonder of the natural world, the insect eye.

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Brazil nuts, those time-honored holiday stocking stuffers, will continue to help save the rainforest -- as long as at least a few of the brown morsels are left behind to grow into trees.

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The elderly aren't as stubborn as stereotyped in their unwillingness to admit hearing loss, although they may still deny the strain it creates for themselves and others, a new study finds.

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The most positive attitudes about the value of marriage and the importance of families are found among groups that experience the greatest difficulty forming and maintaining healthy family relationships, a new study finds.

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Researchers say they have shown that minerals were key to some of the initial processes that formed life on Earth.

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In a series of unique experiments on a pregnant ewe designed to record exactly what sounds reach the fetal ear, research has bolstered previous findings suggesting that human fetuses likely hear mostly low-frequency rather than high-frequency sounds.

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The number of shark attacks worldwide took a dip for the third straight year, in part perhaps because more people are realizing the ocean is a wild place instead of a backyard swimming pool, a new University of Florida study finds.

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Odds are people think the glass is half empty when it is overflowing and half full when it is about to run dry, according to a new study on attitudes about risk.

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The American frontier experience is being replayed by nontraditional groups who are taking the bull by the horns and staging their own rugged rodeos.

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It looks like a cross between a Hummer and a tank. But the squat, pug-nosed car with brown body panels in place of its windshield and windows is radically different from any vehicle on today's roads or battlefields.