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2 November 2010 | ScienceNOW

Networking for Dolphins

by Virginia Morell

Males and females depend on social connections, studies indicate

12 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Social Life Starts in the Womb

by Janelle Weaver

Twin fetuses caress each other by 14 weeks

15 September 2010 | ScienceNOW

Social Network Predicts Flu Spread

by Carrie Arnold

Tracking friends can give researchers up to 2 weeks' notice of flu outbreaks

31 August 2010 | ScienceNOW

Mama's Boys Get the Girls

by Kristen Minogue

Bonobo sons mate more when their moms are around

30 August 2010 | ScienceNOW

The First Feast?

by Michael Balter

Researchers find evidence for earliest symbolic meal 12,000 years ago in Israel

18 August 2010 | ScienceNOW

Cheatin' Hearts Get Stuck With the Kids

by Michael Balter

Faithful birds receive more help raising offspring

30 July 2010 | ScienceNOW

Curbing Domestic Violence in Chickens

by Kristen Minogue

New research could help poultry farmers stop their hens from tearing each other to pieces

13 July 2010 | ScienceNOW

Why Gorillas Play Tag

by Dolly Krishnaswamy

Low-status apes may use game as ego boost

6 July 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Incumbents Should Root for the Home Team

by Adam Mann

Outcome of local college football games affects voter choice

4 July 2010 | ScienceNOW

Face to Face With Human Mobility Research

by John Travis

Dollar bills, cell phones, and radio-tagged badges are letting researchers better track people's movements and interactions.

1 July 2010 | ScienceNOW

Friendly Baboons Live Longer

by Michael Balter

Study shows that people aren't the only ones to benefit from having many friends

21 June 2010 | ScienceNOW

Chimpanzees Kill for Land

by Ann Gibbons

Like humans, chimp males kill their neighbors to grab territory

3 June 2010 | ScienceNOW

Sex and the Crickets

by Sarah Reed

Thousands of hours of videotape reveal intimate lives of insects in the wild

3 June 2010 | ScienceNOW

Learning the Mongoose Ways

by Gisela Telis

African carnivores pass down traditions to their young

27 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

How Children Outgrow Socialism

by Dan Ferber

Concepts of fairness change during adolescence

21 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

Is That Prosperity Calling?

by Adrian Cho , with reporting by Phil Berardelli

A study of phone records confirms that cosmopolitan communities tend to be more prosperous than their insular neighbors

17 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

Golden Years Truly Are Golden

by Helen Fields

Massive phone survey reveals that people are happier after age 50

12 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

A Crack in the Mirror Neuron Hypothesis of Autism

by Dan Ferber

New research finds that neurons thought to be involved in empathy function normally in people with autism

7 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

Kids Overimitate Adults, Regardless of Culture

by Gisela Telis

Children copy their elders to a fault, even mimicking silly and useless actions

26 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

Elephants Have an Alarm Call for Bees

by Virginia Morell

Study suggests that pachyderms tailor vocal warnings to specific foes

12 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

When Social Fear Disappears, So Does Racism

by Michael Balter

Children with genetic disorder shed light on the roots of racial prejudice

8 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

When Pigeons Flock, Who's in Command?

by Phil Berardelli

Tiny GPS trackers reveal a hierarchy at work

7 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

Secret of Annoying Crowds Revealed

by Dave Mosher

Socializing with friends gums up pedestrian traffic

23 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Translating a Dog's Growl

by Constance Holden

Canine vocalizations may convey different meanings

18 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

Playing Fair Came Late

by Constance Holden

Why do humans treat strangers fairly?

16 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

Female Monkeys Make the Best Teachers

by Lauren Schenkman

Vervet monkeys seem to pay more attention to top females

14 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

Psychopaths Keep Their Eyes on the Prize

by Michael Torrice

The brain's overreaction to rewards may lead to impulsive, anti-social behavior

10 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

Stressed Men Fancy Someone Different

by Tim Wogan

Men under stress are more attracted to females who don't look like them

9 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Orangutans Decipher Each Other's Calls

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel

In the Borneo rainforest, females discern what the males are up to

23 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Monogamy Seen in Amphibians for First Time

by Lauren Schenkman

Tight resources keep parents close in poisonous frog species

21 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Is a Dolphin a Person?

by David Grimm , with reporting by Greg Miller

Dolphin intelligence poses tricky scientific and ethical questions

21 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Lack of Sleep Is Contagious

by Michael Torrice

Sleep-deprived teens tend to have sleep-deprived friends—and friends who use drugs

20 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

The Mathematics of Clumpy Crime

by Michael Torrice

Models may help police break up criminal hot spots

2 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Turkeys: So Good People Tamed Them Twice

by Sujata Gupta

Native Americans domesticated wild birds independently from Mesoamericans, study shows

28 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

The Ape That Never Grows Up

by Greg Miller

Could a slow-to-mature brain explain the bonobo's social nature?

22 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

Cold War Split Birds, Too

by Andrew Curry

Trade blockades created vast differences in invasive species in Europe

11 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

Signs of Symbolic Smarts in Neandertal Jewelry

by Michael Balter

Mollusk shells shed light on ancient culture

24 December 2009 | ScienceNOW

The Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2009

by Science News Staff

Our favorite and most-read stories of the year

22 December 2009 | ScienceNOW

When Fire Approaches, Chimps Keep Their Cool

by Jon Cohen

Primates clear an important hurdle in humanlike mastery of fire

18 December 2009 | ScienceNOW

The Origins of Tidiness

by Michael Balter

Human ancestors started organizing their living spaces much earlier than believed

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