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This Exotic Frog Skips the Eggs, Gives Birth to Live Tadpoles
The species is one of just a handful of frogs that use internal fertilization, and the only one found that births tadpoles
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Cloud Seeding Study Suggests We Could Boost Rain And Snow by 15 Percent
After comparing the effect of cloud seeding generators on snowfall in two nearby mountain ranges, researchers think a program might help
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Lawyers With Less-Masculine Sounding Voices Are More Likely to Win in Court
Unfortunately, there’s probably little we can do to change this bias
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Threat of Being Eaten Doesn’t Deter Dumpling Squid From Sex
The adorable cephalopods seem to rate mating higher on their list of priorities than survival
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The First 2014 Ebola Victim Likely Caught It by Playing Around a Bat Tree
Evidence builds that insect-eating bats are natural reservoirs for the disease
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Travel Spreads Dust Mite Poop All Over The World
Dust mites’ ubiquity comes in part from their ability to digest dead skin cells (which is what makes us allergic to their waste)
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Binge Drinking Suppresses the Immune System
Binge drinking not only makes people more accident-prone, it impairs their ability to recover from those accidents
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Nearly 40 Byzantine Shipwrecks Were Recently Unearthed in Turkey
The exceptionally well-preserved ships offer new insight into ship-building history
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Birds Get Drunk And Sing Drunken Songs
Like humans, birds just don’t sing as well drunk as they do when sober
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Examining Martian Meteorites, Scientists Think They’ve Found The Red Planet’s Missing Water
Mars may have an underground water reservoir
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Ants Usually Turn Left While Exploring
It’s a sinister version of human’s tendency towards right-handedness
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Echolocation acts as such a close a proxy for vision that it falls victim to the same shortcomings
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Mercury Was Once Bigger, Then It Shrank
As the planet cooled, it contracted and shut off the surface lava flows about 3.8 billion years ago
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Meet the Stealthiest Assassin Bug in the United States
The unique and secretive species has been living among us unrecognized for a century
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Canada’s Outdoor Ice Skating Rinks’ Days Are Numbered Thanks to Climate Change
Skating rinks are already open for fewer days in the year than they were just a decade ago
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Get Set For Frequent Flooding In Coastal U.S. Cities
Sea level rise is increasing the odds of nuisance flooding
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Living Under the Threat of Terrorism Might Shorten Lives
Constant fear of terrorist attacks is linked to elevated heart rates, which is a predictor of increased risk of death
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Don’t Give Your Kids Gifts to Show Affection
Setting up a connection between things and reward early in life primes people to be materialistic
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A Bedbug Trap That Might Actually Work
Researchers are learning to use bed bugs pheromones against them
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Why a Tanzanian Village Chased Six Elephants Off a Cliff
Not all animal killings are linked to the illegal wildlife trade
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