Elephants call each other by name, study finds
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Size matters? "Size" dissatisfaction and gun ownership in America.
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Researchers solve 2,000-year-old mystery of the shipworm
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Biologists discovered a widespread protein that abruptly shuts down a cell’s activity — and turns it back on just as fast
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It's weirder than I thought. How cicadas make noise (in ultra slow motion).
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See the most detailed map of human brain matter ever created
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Scientists figured out why orcas have been sinking boats for the last four years [turns out it's juveniles just having fun]
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Why are plants green? To reduce the noise in photosynthesis.
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UNM researchers find microplastics in canine and human testicular tissue
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New candidate genes for human male infertility found by analyzing gorillas' unusual reproductive system
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Playing with the kids is important work for chimpanzee mothers
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Exploring the mysterious alphabet of sperm whales
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The biggest little guy
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Wild Orangutan observed using first aid on a wound
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Cow magnets
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Mechanism keeps track of the time cells take to split, sounding the alarm on cells that may turn cancerous
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Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells
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Scientists studied how cicadas pee. Their insights could shed light on fluid dynamics.
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I teach you weird animal mating facts for half an hour
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Chimp moms play with their offspring through good times and bad
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When armor met lips
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Montana man, 80, pleads guilty to creating giant mutant hybrid bighorns
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MH370 and the sea creatures that opened a new mystery
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Research sheds light on new strategy to treat infertility
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Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts
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Why is it so hard to tell the sex of a dinosaur?
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What's an obelisk, anyway?
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Bioluminescent houseplant hits US market for first time
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Ultra-rapid MRI while singing and speaking
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Why flying insects gather at artificial light
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‘It’s insane’: New viruslike entities found in human gut microbes
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Embracing idiosyncrasies over optimization: The path to innovation in biotechnological design
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Magpies swoop bald men more often, eight-year-old's viral survey finds
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As the sun falls over a vast Danish marshland, more than a million starlings undulate in mesmerising murmurations – but how they do it remains mysterious
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Genetic engineering was meant to save chestnut trees. Then there was a mistake.
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New study - scent of tears from female humans reduces revenge seeking and aggression in males, similar to patterns observed in other mammals
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Reindeer combine sleeping and digesting, Norwegian researchers found after extracting reindeer brain data
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Wasabi linked to ‘substantial’ memory boost
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Shocking study discovers bottlenose dolphins possess electric sixth sense
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Tiny robots made from human cells heal damaged tissue (in the lab)
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Vavilovian mimicry
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Elusive egg-laying mammal named after Sir David Attenborough caught on camera for the first time
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Mexican Congress holds second UFO session featuring Peruvian mummies
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The Brain Scoop relaunch!
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Deep in the Arctic permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is protecting Africa's food supply
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In defense of the rat
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Rats have an imagination, new research finds
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The genetic heritage of the Denisovans may have left its mark on our mental health
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Long presumed to have no heads at all, sea stars may be nothing but
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What causes fainting? Scientists finally have an answer.
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