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What Makes Fido So Friendly? It Could Be Genetic
Mutations in several genes linked to hypersocial behavior in people may have helped along canine domestication
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New Study Has a Bone to Pick With Dog Domestication Findings
Contrary to past research, a new DNA study suggests fido was only tamed once
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The Fierce T. Rex Was a Walker Not a Sprinter
A good pair of running shoes could help you escape the formidable beast, study finds
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“Space Archaeologists” to Examine the International Space Station
Using millions of photos and documents, researchers will reconstruct life on the ISS to see how visitors interact with their tools and each other
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Adorable Drone Helps Document Experiments on the International Space Station
Cute as a button, the Int-Ball is taking over astronauts’ photographic duties
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Take a Trip Around Pluto and Charon With These New Animations
Two years after its fly-by, NASA releases maps and videos made with data from New Horizons
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Remembering the Brilliant Maryam Mirzakhani, the Only Woman to Win a Fields Medal
The Stanford professor investigated the mathematics of curved surfaces, writing many groundbreaking papers
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How to Kill Nature’s Most Indestructible Creature
Only the boiling away of Earth’s oceans could bring about the extinction of these tiny water bears
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Lioness Spotted Nursing a Leopard Cub in Tanzania
It is the first time that a wild cat has been observed “adopting” another species—but the interaction may not have a happy end
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Like Humans and Apes, Ravens Can Plan for the Future
The birds were able to choose and hold onto a tool that could unlock an eventual reward
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Scientists Store Video Clip in DNA of Living Cells
This first could lead to health-monitoring molecular recorders inside cells
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Watch the Sri Lankan Navy Rescue an Elephant Stranded at Sea
It took 12 hours for a team of navy personnel, divers and wildlife officials to pull the creature back to shore
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How Fire Ants Build Incredible Writhing Towers
Using X-rays, researchers find simple rules help the ants raise each other up, which could be useful in robotics
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Astronomers Find the Smallest Star Yet
The faint orb is just a smidgen bigger than Saturn and around 2,000 to 3,000 times dimmer than our own sun
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John Dee’s Life Shows Science’s Magical Roots
His life shows a time when science and magic intersected–even for scientists
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Stunning Images Capture First Close-Up With Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Take a peek at the solar system’s largest storm
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Diverse Splendor of Birds on Display in Audubon Photo Competition
100 of the top submissions can now be viewed online
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Delaware-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
‘Whopper’ of an iceberg weighs more than one trillion metric tons—and has been threatening to make the break for years
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Space-Bound Humans Bring Fungus Aboard—And the Stowaways Could Cause Trouble
Microscopic life is everywhere, but it could be dangerous for future astronauts bound for Mars
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