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Watch as the popular crustacean gets snared by its predator's tentacles. Will it survive?
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Some tigers trek the human-filled landscape between nature preserves to find mates, but such opportunities to ensure genetic diversity are getting rarer
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Women who constantly binge on junk food while pregnant might pass their penchant for sweet and fatty food on to their children, a new study suggests
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With the plans for a Yucca Mountain waste repository scrapped, scientists suggest that clay-rich rocks could permanently house spent nuclear fuel
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Studying nematodes as life leaves them may lead to insights into exactly how death travels through the body, and, perhaps, whether we can delay it
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Audio experiments show that the marine mammals each have their own whistle, and respond to hearing their distinct whistle by calling right back
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Although their perception of color is limited, dogs discriminate between objects based on their hue--a finding that may change the way dogs are trained
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By distributing networks of microphones to wetlands and forests around the world, biologists could track biodiversity in a whole new way
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The ancient attack proves once and for all that the T. Rex was a hunter, not just a scavenger
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Although the strange sensation's cause remains unknown, scientists are searching for ways to induce that nagging feeling of familiarity
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The amorphous solid holds many mysteries, but a new study using a high-powered microscope shows that atoms in glass are organized into distorted shapes
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Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes
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Typically slow-growing glass sponge communities are popping up quickly now that disappearing shelf ice has changed ocean conditions around Antarctica
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New experiments show that beheaded flatworms can retain trained behaviors after their brains regenerate
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Examining the network of power plants, transmission wires, and pipelines gives new insights into the inner workings of the electrical grid
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The Pentland Firth, a seaway along Scotland's Northern coast, could generate enough electricity to meet half of the country's needs, new research finds
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An invention called the solarclave could help prevent millions of annual infections that result from improperly cleaned medical equipment
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Unlike any other small mammal, bats stretch their tendons to store and release energy, helping the creatures launch into the air
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Reading, writing and other mental exercises, if habitual from an early age, can slow down the age-related decline in mental capacity
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By mixing different types of stem cells in petri dishes, researchers created liver "buds" that effectively filtered blood when implanted in mice
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