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Ants Have Designated Toilet Areas in Their Nests
A new study shows that black garden ants have a relatively meticulous protocol for when nature calls
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Divers Discover Graveyard Filled With Giant Lemur Skeletons
A Madagascar cave is packed with the bones of extinct species
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Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material
The discovery makes sense: Mollusks use these teeth to excavate rocks while they feed
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Found: A New Tool in the Fight Against HIV
New approach offers “vaccine-like” protection against HIV
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How “Learned Deafness” Might be Letting Noise Pollution Win
The world may be noisier than ever but one scientist warns that our attempts to blot out the sound may cost us dearly
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Only 1 in 4 Americans Would Take a Free Space Flight
Americans are still skeptical about some aspects of space travel
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An Underwater Field of Weird Metal Balls Is a Key to Both Past And Future
A huge deposit of manganese nodules beneath the Atlantic might be a potential source of highly prized rare earth metals
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Finally, the First Fish Ever Is Taken Off the Endangered Species List
The recovery of a tiny fish signals good news for area waterways and proof that, when heeded, protective measures can make a difference
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Grizzlies in Yellowstone Are Already Waking Up
Warm weather has drawn at least one bear out of hibernation and in search of food
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Is DNA the Solution for Permanent Data Storage?
New study uses “synthetic fossils” to store data for the ages
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The Cold May Have Cost Penguins Most of Their Taste Buds
Recent genetic analysis shows that penguins can’t taste sweet or bitter, and scientists think sub-zero temps may be to blame
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Is Our Universe Supersymmetric?
Scientists hope the rebooted Large Hadron Collider could find supersymmetric particles—the next frontier of particle physics
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Four baby stars, still gestating in their parental gas cloud, move together - for now at least
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Teachers Give Lower Math Scores to Girls
Teachers’ unconscious beliefs in the aptitude of boys over girls come out when grading math tests
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Technology from ‘Interstellar’ Could Be Useful to Scientists, Too
The movie’s visual effects are now being used for scientific research
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City Bees Are Actually More Diverse Than Country Bees
Other pollinators don’t like urban areas as much as rural, but bees live in similar numbers across different landscapes
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Tourist Trash Has Changed the Color of Yellowstone’s Morning Glory Pool
Researchers have found proof of what caused a hot spring’s drastic color modification—it’s people, of course
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What Makes Some Orca Whales Love a Good Belly Rub?
Some pods have been observed rubbing themselves on rocky beaches; scientists are still working to understand why
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