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April 30
- Magician Breaks World Record for Holding One's Breath
- Bones of Last Czar's Children IDed
- Fat People Have Bigger Carbon Footprints
- Bats Screech Louder Than Rock Concerts
- Real Trekkie Tricorder Invented
April 29
- FDA Takes 2nd Look at Laser Eye Surgery Safety
- Top 10 Disruptive Technologies
- Bees Learn Thievery
- Secret to the Spring in Your Step
- T-shirt Monitors Heart Rate
- History of Ancient Supercontinent's Breakup Detailed
- Absinthe's Mind-Altering Mystery Solved
- Tough Early Human Loved Fruit
- New Legless Lizard Discovered
April 28
- How the Black Death Changed the World
- Bug Has Sex with Orchids
- Mind's Limit Found: 4 Things at Once
- The Fragility of Self-Esteem
April 25
- How Culture Makes Us Thin or Fat
- How to Capture Yellow Jackets (and Not Get Stung)
- Hot New Vacation Destination: Animal Rescue Shelters
- Lazy Lizards Run, Don't Walk
April 24
- U.S. Baby Meets 'Robot' Dad in Iraq
- Gunk in T. Rex Fossil Confirms Dino-Bird Lineage
- Dead Hawk's Last Meal Claws Partway Out
- Two Evils Compete: Global Warming vs. Ozone Hole
April 23
- Mysterious Phoenix Lights a UFO Hoax
- Mom's Diet Helps Determine Baby's Sex
- World Food Program Warns of 'Silent Tsunami' of Hunger
- Gooey Origin of Human Placenta Revealed
- Brains Hard-Wired to Hate Losing
- Bugs Use Plants as Telephones
- How DNA Could Reveal Sex Practices of Texas Sect
- Why You Make the Same Mistake Twice
- Radical Science Aims to Solve Food Crisis
- Homemade 'Bum Bot' Patrols in Atlanta
April 22
- Common Weedkiller Deforms Tadpoles
- U.S. Life Expectancy May Have Peaked
- Uranium Supply Decline Clouds Nuclear Power's Future
- Earliest Oil Paintings Discovered
- New Prosthetic Hand So Nimble an Amputee Can Type
- Cloud Falls on China's Claim to Stop Rain
April 21
- Culture Affects How We Read Faces
- Real 'Iron Man' Suits
- Mind-Reading Hat Could Prevent Brain Farts
- Safety of New Bacteria-Killing Coating Questioned
April 20
- Cultural Differences Found in Pee
April 19
- Metallurgists' Book Blames Rivets for Titanic Tragedy
April 18
- My Day: A Brain-Sucking Tornado of Endless Decisions
- Daily Decisions Make Mush of Your Mind
- Scientists: Even Bigger Quake Could Hit Midwest
- Big Brains Mean Longer Life
- Scientist Finds Truthiness in the 'Colbert Bump'
April 17
- The Multiple Mysteries of Herschel Walker and Sybil
- Goodbye Gorilla: Vaccine Urgently Needed
- Mouse to Inbred Mouse: You Stink!
- Road Kill: Too Many Frogs Croak
- Humans Might Sense Oxygen Through Skin
- Icy Lake Drains Faster than Niagara Falls
April 16
- Top 10 Craziest Environmental Ideas
- Earth's Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever
- Cat Craze Out of Control
- Boomers Miserable, Seniors Happiest
- Men More Forgetful Than Women
- Soldiers Get Portable Lie Detectors
- Bikini Atoll Corals Recovering from Atomic Blast
- Robot Dials 9-1-1
- Sky-High Ads Float Like Clouds
April 15
- Grand Canyon Possibly Old as Dinosaurs
- Fix Me: Nips and Tucks Soar
April 14
- Body Enhancement Nightmares: Top 10 Crimes Against Nature
- Prayer No Guarantee Against Adultery
- Psyche! Fire Ants Play Dead
- How Charlemagne Changed the World
- Ancient Elephants Loved Water
- Komodo Dragon's Deadly Secret Revealed
- Testosterone Fuels Stock Market Success
- Flashy Experiment Almost Creates Lightning
April 11
- Internet Full of 'Black Holes'
- Physicists Gear Up For Huge Data Flow
- The Shocking Truth About Married Girls
- Study: Flowers Losing Smell
April 10
- Faith in Prayer Kills Children
- Global Warming Not a Cosmic Swindle
- Shock: First Animal on Earth Was Surprisingly Complex
- Camera Translates Foreign Text in Photos
- Creatures Reunite After Ancient Divorce
- Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men
- Freaks of Madagascar Get Protection Plan
April 9
- X-ray Vision Spies Dinosaur-Era Bugs
- Forecasters Predict Busy 2008 Hurricane Season
- Texas Sect Earns Cult Status
April 8
- 10 Deadly Cults
- Immunity from Immunity Scams
- Air Pollution Eyed as Raw Material for Plastics
- Shopping in Lousy Mood Will Cost You
- How Life Became Left-Handed
April 7
- Robot So Like You
- Sex Strategies Come in Small, Medium, Large
- Regional Nuclear War Would Affect Entire Globe
- Soot Plays Big Role in Global Warming
- How Gunpowder Changed the World
- Bizarre Frog Has No Lungs
April 5
- How Humans Outlive Rats
April 4
- Why Humans Bother With Emotions
- Men Create More Housework for Women
- Common Sense 'Expelled' in New Movie
- New Anti-Evolution Film Stirs Controversy
- Computer Program Reveals Anyone's Ancestry
- Sans Sex, Bdelloids Party On
- 10 Tips for Avoiding Cancer
April 3
- Men More OK with Discrimination Than Women Are
- Earthquake Faults Talk, Both Shake
- Migrating Moths Are Good Navigators
- Dancing Bears Filmed in Wild
- Idea All Wet: You Don't Need 8 Glasses of Water Daily
- Amazing Aztecs Were Math Whizzes Too
April 2
- Fat Kids Get Fewer Cavities
- Brains Wired to Tell Left from Right
- Paranoia Pervasive, Study Finds
- Strange New Fish May See Like Humans
April 1
- Seizure-Causing Computer Hack Predicted in Sci-Fi
- Cutting-Edge Robots
- Autism Still a Mystery
- Study: Humans Drove Final Nail into Mammoth Coffin