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Math

Explainer: What is statistics?

Scientists use statistics to design studies, analyze data and evaluate uncertainty. You’ll find it in biology, climate change, medicine and more.

Animals

Drones might one day capture a dolphin’s breath in midair

High-speed footage of dolphin spray reveals that droplets blast upward at speeds close to 100 kilometers per hour.

Fossils

Lobster’s ancient ‘cousin’ was gentle giant

Some 500 million years ago, this top predator would have likely netted its meals with long bristly limbs.

Oceans

How would a mermaid sound underwater?

Human ears don’t work well in the water. A mermaid would need marine creature features to talk to and understand her aquatic friends.

Animals

Escaping narwhals can freeze and flee at the same time

Narwhals’ heart rates plummet while diving quickly to get away from people. The combination may stress the whales as human activity increases in the Arctic.

Oceans

Cool Jobs: Science deep beneath the waves

These scientists probe the sea’s depths, its strange inhabitants, the movement of water and how life evolves in extremes.

Chemistry

Scientists Say: Keratin

Keratin is a fibrous protein that gives our nails and hair their strength.

Animals

People and animals sometimes team up to hunt for food

Dolphins working with people to catch fish recently made a big splash. But humans have a long history of cooperating with other animals.

Animals

Snot may be key to dolphins’ tracking of prey

Dolphins produce clicking noises that bounce off of prey, like sonar, showing where they are. Mucus in the animals’ nasal passages may make that ‘sonar’ work.

Animals

Bumpy edges could be key to record-breaking oars

Inspired by the bumpy edges of flippers on a humpback whale, an Australian teen has redesigned oars for use by competitive rowers.

Animals

Dolphins can learn from their peers how to use shells as tools

Some bottlenose dolphins seem to look to their peers, rather than mom, to learn how to trap prey in shells.