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How we loved this dog into a genetic bind
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Scientists Find New Type of Antibiotics Hiding in the Human Nose
This whiff of success could be just the beginning of many new antibiotics
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Also Red Hot
The giant storm pipes out temperatures over 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit
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Why Ancestral Puebloans Honored People With Extra Digits
New research shows having extra toes or fingers was a revered trait among people living in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
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Sadly, Eating Curry Probably Won’t Keep You From Going Bald
A new survey sponsored by wigmakers equates correlation with causation
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Behold LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life on Earth
New discoveries suggest life likely descends from the inhospitable environment of deep sea vents
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Ancient “Poop Sticks” Offer Clues to the Spread of Disease Along the Silk Road
The parasites found within the 2,000-year-old-feces smeared on bamboo suggest more than commodities made the trip
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Researcher Discovers First Written Evidence of Laws of Friction in Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebooks
A scientific breakthrough was dismissed as a useless doodle—until now
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Why the Turtle Grew a Shell—It’s More Than Safety
Its armor may have developed for more than safety
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New Brain Map Doubles Number of Known Regions
Neurologists have found 97 new areas in the brain and expect to add even more
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Study Shows Primates Prefer a Little Booze With Their Nectar
Two prosimian primates, the aye-aye and slow loris, show a preference for sugar-water with a higher alcohol content
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After 6,000 Years of Farming, Barley Is Still (More or Less) the Same
Talk about an ancient grain
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Physicists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Knuckleballs Are So Hard to Hit
All with the help of a ball-throwing robot
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Journey to the Center of Earth
Tides Trigger Tiny Earthquakes Along the San Andreas Fault
The spring tides trigger small tremors deep in the fault, revealing the fault’s structure
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Browse Though the Amazon’s 12,000 Tree Species in This New Master List
Gotta count ‘em all
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Mice Watching “Touch of Evil” Teach Scientists About the Mind’s Eye
By tracking mice neurons, scientists hope to understand consciousness
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Did Rembrandt Have Help With His Most Famous Paintings?
A new study suggests the old master also knew his optics
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Defying Stereotypes, Ducklings Are as Clever as They Are Cute
Newborn ducks understand abstract concepts such as sameness and difference with no training whatsoever
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Researchers Travel to the Amazon to Find Out if Musical Taste is Hardwired
Members of the Tsimane tribe showed no preference between consonant and dissonate tones, meaning Western music is probably not biologically based
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