Life
- Animals
Python-palooza!
Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades.
- Genetics
DNA hints at ancient cousins
Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans.
- Microbes
Surprising rabies resistance
Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats.
- Climate
Iron versus climate change
Metal deposits can promote the growth of ocean algae that gobble greenhouse gas.
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- Fossils
Dino find ruffles feathers
Nearly-perfect, newfound dinosaur fossil reveals more dinos were feathered than previously thought.
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- Health & Medicine
Tomatoes’ tasteless green gene
The tomatoes your great-grandparents ate probably tasted little like the ones you eat today.
- Fossils
Hot or cold dinos
Patterns in dinosaur bones fuel a debate over whether they were warm- or cold-blooded.
- Animals
Cool Jobs: Studying what you love
Researchers study the same animals that fascinated them as kids.
- Plants
Whale-free perfume
Tree gene trick is good news for people who like perfume made without sperm whale waste.
- Animals
Chimp’s gift for numbers
Translating numbers into colors may explain an animal’s apparent memory trick.
