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Sperm Whales Adopt Disabled Dolphin
In an upcoming paper for the journal Aquatic Mammals, a pair of scientists detail a series of interactions between...
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DARPA to Put Laser Turrets on Fighter Jets Next Year
Our first foray into laser-equipped combat aircraft was the Airborne Laser Testbed, a Boeing 747 with a gigantic chemically-pumped...
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Dung Beetles Use Milky Way as GPS
Birds and humans use stars to navigate, but can insects map their routes? For dung beetles, a new study...
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Social Evolution: The Ritual Animal
Praying, fighting, dancing, chanting — human rituals could illuminate the growth of community and the origins of civilization.
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Feathered Dinosaur Gives Evolution Clues
A feathered dinosaur fossil about 12 inches long is older than bird-like dinosaurs from which birds are thought to...
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Robot Makers Spread Global Gospel of Automation
The robot equipment industry has one word for the alarmist articles and television news programs that predict a robot...
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Shakespeare, Thou Art Stored in DNA
The stuff we’re made of may be the means by which we store information that we want kept around...
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Learning to Love Grains, Potatoes Was Key to Evolution of Dogs
You know that dog biscuit shaped like a bone but made mostly of wheat? The fact that your dog...
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Science Stakes: Britain’s Crowded Public-Science Scene Must Evolve
Since 1799, the Royal Institution of Great Britain has occupied a grand building in London’s Mayfair, surrounded today by...
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DNA Shows Ancient Humans Related to Asians and Native Americans
Researchers have been able to trace a line between some of the earliest modern humans to settle in China...