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Animals

How do seals return to their holes in the ice? New data may offer answers

Grant from National Science Foundation allows researchers to study the seals’ ability to navigate by using Earth’s geomagnetic field
Chemistry

Want to live longer? The answer may be ibuprofen, research suggests

Recommended dosage adds 15 percent to lifespans of yeast, worms and flies
Medicine

Tiny drug ‘vehicles’ could attack cancer cells without damaging healthy cells

The goal? Delivering the cancer drug directly into cancerous cells, killing them without damaging healthy cells.
Economics

How important are school counselors? (Spoiler alert: very)

An extra counselor could help more than an extra teacher, study finds.
Architecture

Neighborhood’s design encourages exercise and social interaction

Study’s findings are based on 449 surveys of residents in Austin development
Economics

Fracking process adds to overuse of Texas water, new analysis finds

Water plan estimates Texas could face a shortfall of 2.7 trillion gallons of water annually by 2060
Astronomy

Mars mystery: Rover finds methane, but what is producing the gas?

Findings could indicate geothermal activity, or perhaps the presence of life
Anthropology

DNA analysis of Ice Age boy ranks 7th on Discover magazine’s 2014 list

It’s the fourth time in five years that a Texas A&M research project has made the list
Agriculture

Getting sleepy after a big holiday meal? Don’t blame the turkey

A&M researcher explores the potential for tryptophan-enriched diets to improve the mood and cognition of patients with the debilitating disease