Life
- Microbes
Fast-flying fungal spores
Using high-speed cameras, scientists identify the fastest spores on Earth.
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- Brain
Girls are cool for school
Preschool boys perform better in classes where the girls outnumber them.
- Animals
Mice sense each other’s fear
Scientists have figured out how mice use their noses to sniff out fear in other mice.
- Animals
The tiniest serpent
The smallest species of snake ever discovered lives on the Caribbean island of Barbados.
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- Animals
Blooming jellies
Jellyfish and other gooey marine creatures are showing up in new places, and scientists are trying to discover why.
- Animals
Listening to birdsong
Among certain finches, a lady bird knows when a gentleman bird is sending subtle messages in his calls—ones that people can't detect.
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- Animals
Animal CSI or from science lab to crime lab
Scientists are finding new ways to help stop poachers from hunting endangered animals.
- Animals
Diving, rolling and floating, alligator style
Alligators use the muscles around their lungs in a surprising way—to help them move quickly and smoothly through the swamps and waterways in which they live.
