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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cancer-killers-send-signal-success
This article in Science News reports research using nanoparticles done at the Brigham Hospital in Boston in which nanoparticles linked to a cancer drug glowed when they destroyed their targets.






http://www.theguardian.com/music/richard-wagner An MRI of an opera singer, performing Wagner's "Tannhauser"  as part of an ENT project reported in The Guardian.

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/cool-science-hot-peppers From Science News, research by John Tewksbury about capsaicin, the main ingredient in chilis.




http://metrocosm.com/animated-immigration-map/
From Metrocosm, an interactive map about immigration to the US since 1920.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids1/ From Scientific American Mind, yet another article on raising smart kids.




https://www.usgs.gov/news/first-global-topographic-map-mercury-released  From USGS a topographic map of Mercury, which is about to transit the sun.
 
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/46038/title/Study--Faster-Metabolism-Boosted-Human-Brains/ From The Scientist, report of research done at Hunter College (CUNY) reported in Nature about the connection between speedier metabolism, larger brains, frequent reproduction and longer live spans.





http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-might-have-finally-found-a-way-to-stop-the-tumour-disease-wiping-out-tasmanian-devils From Science Alert, a report of research done at Deakin U in Australia which has invented or discovered antibodies active against the virus that is wiping out Tasmanian Devils.




http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.list/tagNo/7324/tags/Zika-virus/  From The Scientist, articles about Zika Virus


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/how-was-the-grand-canyon-formed/ From the Smithsonian, article about formation of the Grand Canyon.

http://www.nndb.com/people/803/000107482/ Posted by Science Olympiad, article commemorating Jean Senebrier, who demonstrated photosynthesis, or vegetable physiology, as his discovery was labeled.



https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/31/dna-shape-double-helix-dekker/ From STAT, an interview by Carl Zimmer with Jacob Dekker about the shape of DNA.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/06/some-like-it-hot-scientists-figured-out-why-female-turtles-are-born-at-higher-temperatures/ Article in the Washington Post about the discovery of the temperature dependent sex determination gene in turtles. This work will be published in the journal Genetics.





 http://www.sciencedump.com/content/do-you-have-blue-eyes-according-science-your-common-ancestor  
From Science Dump, a report of discovery the common ancestor of all blue eyed people. This ancestor, a Stone Age man (Old Blue Eyes) possesses the HERC2 gene and mixes of Scandinavian and African characteristics.



http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1086
From Ph.D. comics, academic salaries graphic