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21 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Short Plants Are Evolutionary Sprinters

by Sean Treacy
Diminutive species mutate more rapidly than their taller counterparts
20 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Why Most Snails Coil to the Right

by Jennifer Carpenter
Researchers uncover evolutionary explanation for lack of "lefties"
15 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Fossils May Pinpoint Critical Split Between Apes and Monkeys

by Michael Balter
Key evolutionary event eventually gave rise to human beings
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7 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Wax Moth Has Most Sensitive Ears in Insect World

by Helen Fields
Evolutionary arms race with bats have ramped up their hearing to unprecedented levels
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6 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language

by Elizabeth Norton
Study suggests 15,000-year-old mother tongue gave rise to many modern languages
30 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Survival of the Fittest, Inside a Shark's Womb

by Paul Gabrielsen
Dominant hatchlings with the best genes eat their siblings
25 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Strongest Evidence of Animal Culture Seen in Monkeys and Whales

by Michael Balter
Animals reveal the evolutionary advantages of following the crowd
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24 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Hard Food Better for Your Teeth

by Elizabeth Norton
Soft diets of today have led to dental problems
23 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Combining Antibiotics May Backfire

by Sean Treacy
Far from knocking out an infection, multiple drugs may make it more aggressive
18 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

How Rocking a Baby Is Like Mouth-Carrying a Mouse Pup

by Dennis Normile
A newborn's relaxed response to being carried may have evolved in mammals for safety reasons
17 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

'Living Fossil' Gets Its Genome Sequenced

by Amy Maxmen
Coelacanth’s DNA reveals why the fish may have changed so little in 300 million years
15 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Color-Changing Hare Can't Keep Up With Climate Change

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Winter white becomes a lagomorph’s liability when snow melts early
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10 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: What Have We Learned About Dinosaurs Since Jurassic Park? (Video)

by Robert Coontz
Join a Google Hangout with experts about scientists' changing conceptions about these ancient beasts
21 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Clocking the Human Exodus Out of Africa

by Ann Gibbons
Ancient DNA suggests our ancestors left the continent 30,000 years later than thought
18 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Evolution via Roadkill

by Sarah C. P. Williams
The wings of cliff swallows are getting smaller to avoid oncoming cars
17 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

The Early Bird Loses an Ovary

by Sid Perkins
Fossils reveal when ancient birds started producing fewer, larger eggs
14 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Looking a Trilobite in the Eye

by Lizzie Wade
X-ray scans reveal hidden structures in ancient eyeballs
13 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Is That a Missing Link in Your Pocket?

by Lizzie Wade
Phallic fossil worms shed light on vertebrate evolution
7 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Human Brain Cells Boost Mouse Memory

by Moheb Costandi
Transplants reveal important step in human brain evolution
6 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Human Ancestors Were Fashion Conscious

by Michael Balter
Changes in 75,000-year-old-jewelry show that even early humans cared about personal style
5 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Wolf Crossed the Frozen Sea to Get to the Falklands

by Ann Gibbons
Scientists solve a mystery that perplexed Darwin
22 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Why Queens Prefer Daughters

by Lizzie Wade
Mathematical model examines insect sex selection
19 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Have We Been Miscounting Calories?

by Ann Gibbons
Panel of scientists argues that cooking, gut bacteria, and other factors can alter the calorie content of foods
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16 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Human Evolution: Gain Came With Pain

by Ann Gibbons
Blame your bad back and sprained ankle on an imperfect reworking of the ape body plan
14 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

How Did Humans Evolve? Ask a Mouse

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Rodents provide clues to origin of extra sweat glands in East Asians 30,000 years ago
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13 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: The Scars of Human Evolution

by Ann Gibbons
Join experts in a Google+ Hangout about the downsides of becoming human
13 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

The Curious Case of the Lusty Wasps

by Lizzie Wade
Can sex pheromones evolve without anyone noticing?
12 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Appendix Evolved More Than 30 Times

by Colin Barras
Study supports suggestion that structure has an important function
7 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

Ancestor of All Placental Mammals Revealed

by Sid Perkins
Tiny, furry-tailed creature rose from the ashes of the dinosaurs
31 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

The Secret of the Pigeon's Crest

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Bird's genome reveals DNA behind stunning plumage
28 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

How to Survive a Siberian Winter

by Michael Balter
Frigid populations have a trio of mutations that help them withstand the cold
28 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Blind Mole Rats Show Evolution in Action

by Colin Barras
Rodent population appears to be dividing into two species despite lack of physical barrier
23 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Diet Shaped Dog Domestication

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Genomic analysis reveals that dogs and humans walked similar evolutionary paths
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16 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Building a Better Mouse Burrow Takes Few Genes

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Mouse study shows how complex behaviors arise from simple ones
15 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Sexual Cannibalism Is a Case of 'He Said, She Said'

by Carrie Arnold
Study finds misleading bias in the way biologists describe deadly copulations
8 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Wrinkles Help Fingers Get a Grip

by Sid Perkins
A long soak in the tub may help you better grasp underwater objects
4 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Meet the Amazing, Waterfall-Climbing Fish

by Helen Fields
The Nopili rock-climbing goby uses a powerful sucker to scale wet rocks
21 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Comb Jelly Genome Sheds Light on ... Light

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Findings may provide insight to evolution of eyes in more complex creatures
11 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Homosexual Fish More Attractive to Females

by Elizabeth Norton
Males increase their mating success with females by flirting with other males
11 December 2012 | ScienceNOW

Homosexuality May Start in the Womb

by Elizabeth Norton
DNA modifications may explain how sexual orientation is passed down through generations
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