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Scientists Weigh In On What Can Mend A Broken Heart

7:57am February 16, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Anyone who has suffered a break up knows it can take time to get over it. While wallowing in self pity isn't a great idea, reflecting on a recent break up can help speed up the healing process.

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View of the Sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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WATCH: The Sun Like You've Never Seen It

4:11pm February 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has released a video composite of some of the imagery taken over the past five years by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It's nothing short of breathtaking.

To put their probes into the Arctic Ice, researchers hitched a ride on a South Korean icebreaker.

Navy Funds A Small Robot Army To Study The Arctic

12:49pm February 15, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

The U.S. Navy has completed the largest robotic survey of the Arctic ever attempted. Warming waters are absorbing more sunlight and melting more ice there each summer, the gizmos and gliders suggest.

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Students use tablets in a classroom in Mae Chan, a remote town in Thailand's northern province.

The 50 Most Effective Ways To Transform The Developing World

12:15pm February 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has pinpointed the tools with the greatest impact, from affordable tablets for schoolkids to an electrical grid in a box.

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Tobacco smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to die from infection, kidney disease and, maybe, breast cancer.

Smoking's Death Toll May Be Higher Than Anyone Knew

12:01pm February 15, 2015

by Richard Harris

Tobacco's link to lung cancer, stroke and heart attack is well-known. But smokers are also more likely to die from kidney failure, infections and breast cancer, a revised tally suggests.

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British cosmologist Stephen Hawking gives a talk to workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, in April 2013.

Stephen Hawking Has A Guest Vocal On Pink Floyd's New Album

4:54pm February 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The famous cosmologist will appear on the track "Talkin' Hawkin' " on the upcoming album The Endless River, set for release next month. It's his second inclusion on one of the band's songs.

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Thanks To Technology, Toucan Gets A Second Beak On Life

10:15am February 14, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to note that a toucan in Costa Rica that had part of its beak destroyed is getting a new one made from a 3-D printer.

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Vapor Intrusion: Risks and Mitigation

4:48pm February 13, 2015

by Shawn Fitzmaurice

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Envir

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You want that soda bottle. But it may not be because you crave soda. It might just be that you love the idea of wrapping your fingers around its enticing shape.

Your Brain May Want That Bottle Of Soda Because It's Easy To Pick Up

12:41pm February 13, 2015

by Marc Silver

Coca-Cola has launched a small, easy-to-hold bottle in Kenya. And the size and shape could make people crave it. That's the belief of psychologist Sian Beilock, author of How the Body Knows Its Mind.

Apps Can Speed The Search For Love, But Nothing Beats A Real Date

8:13am February 13, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Are those hours I spend swiping through Tinder getting me anywhere closer to actual romance? Yes, psychologists say. But chemistry doesn't come in an app, and that's what matters most.