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Brain scans suggest Democrats and Republicans actually are different biologically. Welcome to the world of political neuroscience.
November 05, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Huge variability in Australopithecus afarensis height may have made it difficult for group members to walk together at the same speed
November 05, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
Over 48,000 photos were entered in the Veolia Environnement contest; these 10 were among the most stunning
November 02, 2012
| By Smithsonian.com
A bizarre skull fragment hints at a new species of giant predatory dinosaur from Morocco
November 02, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A new study shows that justifying paywalls as fair makes readers much more likely to pay for online content
November 02, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Is the crippling of New York City enough to motivate other cities to protect themselves against extreme weather?
November 02, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Koshik, an Asian elephant at a South Korean zoo, learned to uncannily mimic five Korean words by stuffing his trunk in his mouth
November 01, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Dinosaurs undoubtedly slipped and fell. But did they leave any evidence of their mishaps in the fossil record?
November 01, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Deinosuchus, an enormous alliagtoroid, undoubtedly gave dinosaurs much to fear
October 31, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Scientists have identified dozens of early primates, based mainly on teeth, but still have a hard time assessing how these mammals relate to modern primates
October 31, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
In a new study, people who ate a pair of fatty sausage and egg sandwiches for breakfast showed reduced blood vessel health by the afternoon
October 31, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Thanks to some historical detectivework, a pair of researchers has relocated one of the earliest recognized dinosaur sites in the American west
October 30, 2012
| By Brian Switek
We took the spook-tacular celebration to the depths of the ocean, where some of the craziest—and scariest—looking creatures lurk in the dark.
October 30, 2012
| By Emily G. Frost and Hannah Waters
Models indicate that climate change will cause more frequent and intense hurricanes, but the overall trend can't be linked with any particular storm
October 29, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Sauropods are iconic dinosaurs, but the first of their kind ever found was initially thought to be a huge crocodile
October 29, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Black cats aren't evil, and torties aren't always aloof. But people often think coat color and behavior are linked
October 29, 2012
| By Sarah Zielinski
People may seem very different from lemurs, monkeys and apes, but all primates share a few key physical and behavioral characteristics
October 29, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
In a new book, Oxford research psychologist Kevin Dutton argues that psychopaths are poised to perform well under pressure
October 29, 2012
| By Amy Crawford
Incredibly powerful supercomputers and a willingness to acknowledge that they're not perfect has made weather scientists become much more effective in forecasting hurricanes.
October 29, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
We love to imagine Tyrannosaurus fighting Triceratops to the death, but did such battles ever happen?
October 26, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A Microsoft prototype called Digits could put the power to control everything from TV screens to smart phones in a device you wear on your wrist
October 26, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
A rigorous experiment compared pumpkin-carving tools to determine the safest way to carve a pumpkin
October 26, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
The shoulder blades of a 3.3-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis child suggest the species spent at least some time in the treetops
October 25, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
A trio of feathered dinosaurs tests a longstanding hypothesis and hint that there may be more feathered dinosaur fossils than anyone ever expected
October 25, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Scientists have found ultrathin multicellular bacteria that create electrical circuits several centimeters long
October 25, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
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