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Dinosaurs Shook Their Tail Feathers
By the Editor on January 4, 2013
Some dinosaurs danced and literally shook their tail feathers to attract potential mates, researchers say. It’s long been theorized...
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Bonobos May Prefer Sharing Food With Strangers Over Groupmates
By the Editor on January 4, 2013
Bonobos will break bread with strangers just to make their acquaintance – and may even be more generous with...
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Guppies Reveal the Evolutionary Cost of Big Brains
By the Editor on January 4, 2013
There’s a lot to be said for smarts—at least we humans, with some of the biggest brains in relation...
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New Frontier for Topics in Science: Social Media
By the Editor on January 3, 2013
In surprising numbers, people posted, viewed and searched for science-related topics last year — sharing news from space and...
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Apes Battle for Survival in the Congo
By the Editor on January 3, 2013
They are known as the hippies of the ape kingdom, a peaceful and affectionate species that is more interested...
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What Mars Would Look Like With Life
By the Editor on January 3, 2013
What if instead of dust and rocks, our planetary neighbor Mars were a bit more lush? What if it...
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100 Billion Alien Planets Fill Our Galaxy
By the Editor on January 3, 2013
Our Milky Way galaxy is home to at least 100 billion alien planets, and possibly many more, a new...
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Rock Is New Class of Mars Meteorite
By the Editor on January 3, 2013
A dark lump of rock found in the Moroccan desert in 2011 is a new type of Martian meteorite,...
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Newborn Star Study Reveals Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth
By the Editor on January 3, 2013
Astronomers studying a newborn star have caught a detailed glimpse of planets forming around it, revealing a never-before seen...
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New Year, New Science
By the Editor on January 2, 2013
Nature looks ahead to the key findings and events that may emerge in 2013.
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