Life
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AnimalsBlotchy face, big-time wasp
If paper wasps pretend to be something they're not, their peers get angry.
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BrainSwedish Rhapsody
Celebrations honoring the world's top scientists brought students from many countries to Sweden to tour, learn, talk, and party.
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TechCrime lab
From accidents to crime scenes, scientists are helping detectives solve mysteries.
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AnimalsGecko night vision
Certain geckos can tell colors apart even in dim moonlight.
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FossilsBig fish in ancient waters
Fossils have revealed an ancient, oversized relative of modern-day swordfish.
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FossilsDownsized dinosaurs
Island living may have led to miniature versions of giant dinosaurs.
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AnimalsToxic Birds May Get Poison from Beetles
Eating certain beetles may make the skin and feathers of some birds poisonous.
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BrainSleep to Remember Places and Routes
Deep sleep may help your brain solidify memories of where you've been and how you got there.
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AnimalsGrowing up in dangerous waters
Wild guppies that live in dangerous places don't live fast and die young as scientists previously thought.
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FossilsEarly birds ready to rumble
A fossil hints that prehistoric baby birds could have fed themselves soon after hatching.
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BrainHearing Better in the Dark
Blind people are better at locating distant sounds than people who can see.
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BrainFruit fly brain has two clocks
Fruit flies have not one, but two built-in clocks to regulate daily activity.
By Emily Sohn