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Sensual Sounds Can Get Lost In Translation

Overall, the sounds of most emotions, especially the negative ones, crossed cultural boundaries with ease, according to scientists who tested those of some British and remote African people. But the sounds of love weren't so easily understood.

Quantum Physics Leaps Into The Visible World

In the world of atoms, one thing can exist in two places at once. But on a larger scale, that rule usually breaks down. For the first time, scientists have put an object large enough to be seen with the naked eye into a state where it exhibits "weird" quantum behavior.

Fingertips Leave A Bacterial Fingerprint

Researchers studying the microbes that inhabit human skin say the bacteria left behind when an object is touched can be used to identify who did the touching. Microbe researcher Rob Knight explains how these bacterial "fingerprints" could one day be used in solving crimes.

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