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These Pills Talk to Your Doctor
It’s tough to keep people on track with their medications, but a tiny radio antenna could help -
Your Face May Decide What You Like Before You Do
But it might depend on social cues -
How Some People Get Drunk Without Drinking
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Genius Dogs Can Learn Words Like Toddlers
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What Baby Planets with the Density of Styrofoam Reveal
New research leads to important clues about how the most common planets are formed -
Did This Spiral Sea Creature Outlive the Dinosaurs?
An ancient marine murder mystery that remains unsolved -
Did This Drawing Preserve Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?
Cracking the code on the origins of a Renaissance work of art -
The Deep Evolutionary Roots of Sleep
Protective slumber emerged even before brains did in the ocean shallows -
The Poison-Arrow Technology of Our Hunter-Gatherer Ancestors
Tipping their arrowheads with poison may have tipped the survival odds in their favor -
What Chimps Reveal About Human Parenting
Human caregiving seems to have shaped teens’ thrill-seeking tendencies -
These Women Giggle, Cry, and Sneeze When They Orgasm
Their symptoms are rare and understudied
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Astronomers Witness Star Exploding at the Edge of the Universe
It’s the most distant supernova recorded to date
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The Amateur Archaeologist Who Found the Wrong Troy
Heinrich Schliemann was a thousand years off the mark—but he did still make meaningful discoveries
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How These Long-Living Sharks Keep Sharp Vision for Centuries
Understanding their tricks could eventually help preserve people’s eyesight, too
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Milky Way’s Twin Causes Rethink of Galactic Evolution
The newly discovered precocious young galaxy appears to have formed in record time
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This Is the Difference Between Child Prodigies and Late Bloomers
World-class musicians, athletes, and scientists aren’t often superstars as kids -
A Martian Milestone Captures a Mysterious Dark Spot
The idea came from a Colorado high school student -
Elephant Seals Almost Always Return Home to Give Birth
But do the benefits of these homecomings outweigh potential problems with genetic diversity? -
X-rays Were a Life-Saving Accident
More than a century ago, a lucky accident gave us a revolutionary new look at our bodies -
This Walking Ape Might Be the Earliest Human Ancestor
The limbs of Sahelanthropus tchadensis may settle a decades-long evolutionary debate