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Sarah C.P. Williams
Study may reveal the secret behind long-distance athletes
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Sid Perkins
Despite billions of years of cooling, our planet still has about half of the heat it was born with
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Natalie Villacorta
Female scale insects harbor their own sperm, but is it a good idea?
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Kate McAlpine
Twisting laser light could improve data transmission through space
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Dennis Normile
Rainbow Toad resurfaces after 87 years
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Simple animals show consistent response to "squirt test"
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Sara Reardon
E. coli can fire their membranes electrically like neurons
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Daniel Strain
Savanna baboon alpha males have stress hormone levels equal to many of their subordinates
On its final approach, spacecraft snaps close-up of giant asteroid
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Tim Wogan
Researchers find way to stop deadly fibrillation without a huge volt of electricity
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Jon Cohen
Two new trials of a novel prevention intervention show dramatic results
Experts answer your questions about the failures and future of the green energy revolution
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Sid Perkins
Cosmic beasts are activated by processes other than intergalactic collisions
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Michael Balter
Paleontologists find evidence that dinos were alive and well just before asteroid impact
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Daniel Strain
Burrowing mammal's sixth finger is not a finger after all, scientists say
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Virginia Morell
First study of wild parrot chicks' calls show similarity to speech of human infants
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Natalie Villacorta
Reptiles best birds on memory test
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Sara Reardon
Reanalysis of 150-year-old bones provides clues to fate of Arctic explorers
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Yasmin Ogale
Study explains how insects keep track of the changing calls of potential mates
Potato genome may help combat diseases and enhance crop's nutritional value
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Rebecca Kessler
The blackspot tuskfish cracks open shells with a rock
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Daniel Strain
Male sea snails follow a female's mucous trail
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David Grimm and Stewart Wills
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Daniel Strain
FOXP2, which has been linked to the evolution of speech, may help neurons connect
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Virginia Morell
Unusual strategy could ease tensions between pachyderms and farmers in Africa
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Sid Perkins
Camera is largest ever built for a space mission
DNA shows polar bears descended from a female Irish brown bear
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Martin Enserink
Ivermectin, already prescribed for two other tropical diseases, may help fight malaria as well
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Natalie Villacorta
Analysis shows that 20th Century abstract expressionist fiddled with fluid dynamics for effect
by
Ron Cowen
1888 recording of woman's voice etched into warped metal
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Sid Perkins
Saturn's latest "Great White Spot" revealed in unprecedented detail
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Sarah C. P. Williams
Large digestive systems allow fish to make the most of sporadic eating opportunities
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Brian Switek
New analysis gives clues to evolution of first biting fish
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Michael Balter
Experts answer your questions about the true appearance of dinosaurs, early birds, and other ancient creatures
by
Carrie Arnold
Researchers identify unexpected culprit behind fat-induced cell suicide
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Michael Price
Gluey mucus restores adhesion with every step
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Michael Price
Engineers modeled their craft on the swift
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Tim Wogan
"Magnetic hyperthermia" proves more effective in mice than traditional cancer drug