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Dead Male Guppies Can Make Babies
Female Trinidadian guppies store sperm from males that they mated with and use it to make babies long after the males they mated with died
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Police Can Now Take Your DNA After Any Arrest
The Supreme Court has ruled that police can take DNA samples from anybody under arrest for any crimes, regardless of whether DNA is relevant to their arrest
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Even 4-Year-Olds Feel Schadenfreude
And it turns out that kids as young as four experience that weird glee of seeing someone trip and fall
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Legendary Human-Eating Bird Was Real, Probably Could Have Eaten People
In Maori legend, Te Hokioi was a giant bird that preyed on children, and science says that’s probably the truth
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To Measure Elephant Obesity, One Researcher Assesses Pachydermal Butts
It turns out that it’s really hard to figure out if an elephant is fat
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If You Must Kill That Spider, The Best Way Is To Freeze It
The next time you see an eight legged friend that you’d rather not be friends with, here’s the best way to kill it
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Scientists Just Found a Woolly Mammoth That Still Had Liquid Blood
From a frozen Siberian island, a well-preserved mammoth and some liquid mammoth blood
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Stiffening Arteries May Be at the Heart of ‘Senior Moments’
Stiffening arteries could cause bleeding in the brain
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Lions are the king of the plains. Tigers rule the jungle. But face to face, which would win?
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In a lab at Harvard University, Wim Noorduin cultivates microscopic crystalline flowers in glass beakers
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Cockroaches Have Evolved to Avoid Our Traps
In just a few years, cockroaches evolved to avoid our poisons
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Why a Simple Message—Fat Is Bad—Is Failing
Extra pounds are extra years off your life, we hear. But the science isn’t so sure about that
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The Internet Is Still for Porn—And Parents Are Trying to Figure Out How to Handle That
Welcome to the internet, there will be porn, are you ready for it?
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Bears That Have No Fish to Eat Eat Baby Elk Instead
The illegal introduction of lake trout in Yellowstone’s lakes is having wide-reaching consequences
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Princeton University Celebrates the Art of Science
In a new exhibition, the university showcases 43 images rooted in scientific research that force viewers to contemplate the definition of art
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How Puking Could Save the Endangered Marbled Murrelet
For the marbled murrelet the conservation plan is a little unusual: making their predators vomit
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Wealthy Economic Liberals Actually Are Wimps
In the animal kingdom, larger males are likewise prone to hoard resources and defend larger territories than weaker competitors
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