Science
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Afraid of Cicadas? This Entomologist Wants to Change That.
Sammy Ramsey casts the mass emergence of the big, red-eyed bugs as a love story, not an insect apocalypse.
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When These Snakes Play Dead, Soiling Themselves Is Part of the Act
Dice snakes found on an island in southeastern Europe fully commit themselves to the role of ex-reptile.
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Scientists Find an ‘Alphabet’ in Whale Songs
Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher their lyrics. Are…
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How to Know When a Good Dog Has Gone Bad
Gov. Kristi Noem suggested that President Biden should have euthanized the family dog, as she did. Animal experts said that…
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Was the Stone Age Actually the Wood Age?
Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.
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Watch the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak
The event will be active when the moon is just a sliver in the sky, but it is less easy…
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Orangutan, Heal Thyself
For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal…
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Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Lab Leak Theory
A heated hearing produced no new evidence that Peter Daszak or his nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, were implicated in the Covid…
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Mountain Goats Are Not Avalanche-Proof
The scene ends badly, as you might imagine.
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What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.
Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly…