These Froggies Went A Courtin' And Gave Birth To Live Tadpoles
Who needs eggs? Scientists have discovered an unusual frog species that gives birth to live tadpoles.
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Virus Sleuths Chip Away At Ebola Mysteries
Big questions have bedeviled virus hunters for 38 years: Why do people differ in their response to Ebola? Is it becoming more or less dangerous? There's now more evidence about who gets sick and why.
Doctors Not Cutting Back On Radiation For Breast Cancer Patients
Breast cancer treatment typically involves surgery and chemotherapy, followed by radiation. But growing scientific evidence shows that in most cases, women get more radiation than they actually need.
Same-Sex Couples May Have More Egalitarian Relationships
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to researcher Robert-Jay Green about how people behave in same-sex marriage compared with heterosexual marriage. Green has studied LGBT relationships going back to 1975.
Do Fish Have Fingers?
Of course they don't, but they do have the genetic machinery to make fingers — something that shows how similar fish are to modern mammals.
One More Reason To Reach For A Paper Book Before Bed
Using an e-reader before trying to nod off may disrupt sleep more than reading a paper book, a study suggests. Scientists suspect the screen's blue light is messing with a sleep-inducing hormone.
Unexpected Life Found In The Ocean's Deepest Trench
An expedition to the Pacific's Mariana Trench has found evidence that life exists miles below the surface. But it's not life as we know it.
Research Suggests Generosity Is Hardwired Into Our Brains
If generosity makes us happy, and lots of research suggests that it does, why do many of us find it difficult to be generous?
What Motivates People To Give?
The holiday season is a big time of year for charitable giving. Host Audie Cornish speaks with NPR's Shankar Vedantam about a study that says portion of charitable giving is driven by social pressure.
At Last, I Meet My Microbes
At 31, a woman had the bacteria in her gut catalogued as part of scientific project that aims to characterize the creatures that live inside us and affect our health. Here's what she found out.