Life
- Fossils
The bug that may have killed a dinosaur
The holes in the jaw bone of a world-famous T. Rex suggest the dino died from a parasite infection.
- Animals
Giant snakes invading North America
A new government study suggests the United States may see pythons in Pennsylvania by 2100.
- Fossils
Three strikes wiped out woolly mammoths
Giant mammals went extinct thanks to climate, comet and people.
- Genetics
Two monkeys see a more colorful world
A genetic experiment changes the way monkeys see the world.
- Fossils
Mini T. rex
Scientists have unearthed a dinosaur skeleton that looks like a person-sized Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Animals
Penguin pressure
Scientists are racing to learn as much as they can about penguins in the hopes of saving them from an uncertain future.
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- Health & Medicine
Making good, brown fat
Researchers find a way to make energy-burning fat out of other types of cells.
- Animals
Puberty gone wild
Humans aren’t the only animals that endure the awkward transition to maturity.
- Brain
The colorful world of synesthesia
Explore the sensory explosion experienced by people with this unusual, but not that uncommon nor unwelcome, condition.
- Animals
A bird that keeps the beat
A dancing cockatoo shows that humans aren’t the only animals with rhythm.
- Life
Life trapped under a glacier
At Antarctica’s Blood Falls, scientists study microbes living in a dark and salty home.
