Feb 14 2014
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Dyslexia is typically seen as a reading disorder, but many dyslexics are also known to have trouble processing…
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Feb 11 2014
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Numerous animals, humans included, have adapted to living in cold climates by increasing their body size. And now,…
Feb 7 2014
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Losing your sight early in life is often said to heighten other senses, particularly hearing. A new study now shows…
Feb 6 2014
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For the first time, scientists have shown that they can predict when people will make risky decisions based on brain…
Jan 31 2014
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The rainforests of the world are rapidly disappearing due to a range of issues, including illegal logging and cattle…
Jan 30 2014
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Centuries ago, scientists relied on paintings and illustrations of animals to learn more about their anatomy. Today,…
Jan 23 2014
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Once a week, three-toed sloths slowly descend from the leafy forest canopy to poop on the ground. Why do these…
Jan 17 2014
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Small flying robots often take design cues from the flapping wings of insects and birds. But this robot prototype,…
Jan 15 2014
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Scientists had long thought that hind legs only evolved after animals crawled up on land. But a new fossil discovery…
Jan 10 2014
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One popular idea to explain the current obesity epidemic proposes that our hunter-gatherer ancestors had a…
Jan 8 2014
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How people develop long-lasting taste aversions has intrigued scientists for decades. Surprisingly, research now…
Jan 3 2014
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Throughout the tropical forests of the world, there's a parasitic fungus that turns unwitting ants into "zombies."…
Jan 1 2014
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Our galaxy is filled with massive planets known as super-Earths. But what these planets are like has been anyone's…
Dec 31 2013
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Unlike all other primates, clawed New World Monkeys almost always give birth to twins. But why? It turns out these…
Dec 30 2013
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Meet the tobacco hornworm, a caterpillar that regularly eats tobacco leaves loaded with nicotine. Research now shows…
Dec 24 2013
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It's easy to think that Neanderthals were dumb brutes, incapable of complex speech like us. But it turns out that a…
Dec 24 2013
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Plenty of social animals have ways to police each other's behavior — so that if an animal enters the wrong territory…
Dec 20 2013
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Humans often rear their children with help from family and friends. But why would such a strategy evolve? What could…
Dec 19 2013
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For some male spiders, sex can come with a very high price: Death. How, then, do they get it on without becoming…
Dec 16 2013
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Researchers studying a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in China have discovered that wildcats first came to…