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Identical Twins Aren’t So Identical – Which Makes Twin Studies Harder
As twins grow and develop, each will acquire his or her own set of mutations - which could throw a wrench into twin studies
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Mother Birds Teach Their Eggs a Secret ‘Feed Me!’ Password
Australian female fairy-wrens don’t even wait until their young are hatched before starting to teach them life skills
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Crocodile And Alligator Jaws Are More Sensitive Than Human Fingertips
Human fingertips are exquisitely sensitive to texture and touch, but they’ve got nothing on crocodilian jaws
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How Gigantic, Ancient Cats And Dogs Got Along
Dogs and cats have never been the best of friends, but 9 million years ago they at least lived in harmony together
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Having Trouble Finding the ISS in the Night Sky? Have NASA Text You
NASA will email or text you to let you know when the ISS will be in your area
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How Astronauts Take Such Beautiful Photographs in Space
How do astronauts capture such amazing photos? What gear do they use? What problems do they run in to?
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Blind Humans Can Learn To Sense Like a Rat With Whiskers
Finger-censor “whiskers” could someday help blind people sense surrounding objects like a rodent
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Blind Mole Rats’ Cells Self-Destruct Before They Can Turn Cancerous
Researchers tease out the secret behind blind mole rats’ resistance to cancer
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A Conservative Estimate For Dengue Fever Infections in India: 37 Million Each Year
Dengue fever is become more common worldwide, and India has been particularly hard hit
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Here’s Why We’re Not Living in an Ice Age (And Why That Matters for the Future)
The same feedback systems that took us from ice age to modern warmth are still around
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Finding Life on Other Planets May Be Even Harder Than We Thought
Some scientists think that to find advanced life, you need to look for an asteroid belt
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In Canada, People Gladly Trade in Guns for Shiny New Cameras
Give up your pistol, get a new point-n’-shoot camera
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Habits die hard, but researchers may have the first clue towards neurologically shutting down bad ones
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Dolphins Go Hunting In Fishers’ Nets
Dolphins deliberately enter trawlers’ nets to look for food—sometimes they get caught
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If You Eat Too Much Silver, Your Skin Acts Like a Black-and-White Photo
A complex chemical reaction is responsible for argyria, the condition in which a person turns a deep shade of blue
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Monkeys engage in “sneaky sex” to escape the burning gaze of voyeuristic bystanders
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Laboratory Test Shows Psychics Aren’t Psychic (But Here’s How You Can Pretend To Be)
A controlled trial found that psychics lacked sight, but here are some tricks to help you fake it
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In Sandy’s Wake, Watch Out for Pollution
Potentially contaminated water pooled in the streets could be a health risk
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