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‘Chatty Turtles’ Flip the Script on the Evolutionary Origins of Vocalization in Animals
Pakinam Amer: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Pakinam Amer. Clicks, clucks, grunts, and snorts—these are not sounds that…
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Indigenous Tribes in U.S. Will Get $75 Million for Climate Relocation
Three Native American tribes who face major climate threats are the first recipients of money from a new federal program…
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Discovery Helps Computers Draw Intricate Two-Dimensional Animations
Nearly 60 years ago computer scientist Ruth Weiss of Bell Labs published a pioneering algorithm to turn three-dimensional objects into…
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As some hail new antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s, safety and benefit questions persist
In a packed San Francisco conference room with a celebratory atmosphere, upbeat company representatives and scientists yesterday presented detailed clinical…
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Fatherhood Changes Men’s Brains, According to Before-and-After MRI Scans
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The time fathers…
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Ancient bird with a movable beak rewrites the story of avian evolution
By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Artist’s reconstruction of Janavis finalidens, a very large marine bird from the late Cretaceous. In the background…
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Microfibres that pollute the seas are floating homes for bacteria
Almost 200 species of bacteria, including one that can cause food poisoning, were found on microfibre particles from the Mediterranean…
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COP15: What to expect at the biggest biodiversity summit in a decade
After a two-year delay, the COP15 summit will convene in Montreal to hammer out an agreement to address the biodiversity…
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Vaccines are in short supply amid global cholera surge
On 2 October, Haiti announced that cholera had returned to the country. Memories from the previous epidemic, which killed close…
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Is Our Universe a Hologram? Physicists Debate Famous Idea on Its 25th Anniversary
Twenty-five years ago this month, a conjecture shook the world of theoretical physics. It had the aura of revelation. “At…
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