Mar 09 2011
Listen to a Fly Love Song
Certain male flies perform love songs that female flies find irresistible.
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Feb 25 2011
Macaques and Humans: The Only Self-Aware Animals?
Macaques playing a computer game display self-doubt and uncertainty, behavior that suggests these monkeys are aware of their own thinking.
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Jan 19 2011
Oldest Known Domesticated American Dog Unearthed
Unlike today's dogs, this animal wasn't man's best friend. It was dinner.
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Jan 19 2011
Neanderthal-Era Organisms Found Buried Alive
How exactly did these microbes survive for millennia buried in salt in Death Valley?
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Jan 11 2011
‘Aflockalypse’ Hits California
More than 100 dead birds were recently found in a cluster near Highway 101 in the Wine Country region of California.
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Dec 23 2010
Reindeer or Caribou?
Can the words "caribou" and "reindeer" be used interchangeably? For now they can, but that might not be the case in future.
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Dec 03 2010
‘PoopSat’ Eyes Power in Human Waste
A satellite experiment will test how well microbes in human feces survive in space and whether they could offer a power source.
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Dec 03 2010
‘PoopSat’ Eyes Power in Human Waste
A satellite experiment will test how well microbes in human feces survive in space and whether they could offer a power source.
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Dec 02 2010
Super Rubber Could Cushion Sneaks, Spaceships
A new material has bounce like rubber, conducts electricity and could withstand extreme temperatures of space.
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Nov 30 2010
Mouse Engineered to ‘Grow Younger’
A mouse genetically engineered to age faster is tweaked to experience reverse aging.
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