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We May Owe Our Intelligence to Our Unique Neurons
Our cortical neurons may hold the key to our clever brains
Watch This Cyborg Cockroach Test Its New Diving Suit
The custom apparatus lets the cybernetic insects breathe underwater
How This Mouse Lives at a Higher Elevation Than Any Other Vertebrate
It’s become uniquely suited to handle below-freezing temperatures and a diet of poisonous plants
If You Want Animals to Understand You, Speak Slowly
A new study suggests almost all animal communication shares a common, slow rhythm
How a Heat Wave Disturbs Generations of This Sex-Changing Spider
A maternally inherited bacteria that turns males into females is foiled by a brief warm spell
Can We Geoengineer Our Way Out of a Super El Niño?
A natural experiment in sun-scorched Australia points the way
When Galaxies Clash
Is a new image of star systems colliding a vision of our Milky Way’s future?
Why Do Men Develop Parkinson’s Disease More Often Than Women?
Differing gene expression patterns could be to blame
Hunting for a New Hallucinogen in the Lilliputian Psychedelic
The chemical substance behind these visions isn’t like any other known to science
The Surprising Evolutionary Trade-offs Between Fangs, Stingers, and Claws
The science behind nature’s different puncture tools
