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How Animals Navigate Darkness
Mouse brains perform a clever mechanism to count their steps and keep them on track -
The Feathery Dinosaurs That Couldn’t Fly
Close inspection of “exceptionally preserved” fossils suggests that some dinosaurs shed their ability to take off -
The Silver Lining in Disappointment
It triggers a reaction in the brains of mice that helps them change their behavior -
We Overestimate the Prevalence of Online Trolls
This misconception can prompt us to feel pessimistic about our peers—and the world -
These Butterflies Change Visual Systems with Seasons
There’s more than what meets the eye in a color-swapping insect
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Titan May Not Host a Massive Ocean After All
But the moon’s slushy interior could still harbor pockets of life-sustaining water
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The 3 Ways We Read Between the Lines
How humans infer meaning from spoken language is more complex than we thought
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Ancient Bee Nests Hiding in Regurgitated, Fossilized Bones
A cave in the Dominican Republic has revealed the first recorded instance of bee larvae tucked into fossils
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An Ancient Fingerprint Among Clues to a 2,000-year-old Invasion of Denmark
Previously unexamined, “remarkable” evidence could help scientists track down the unsuccessful attackers whose boat was thrown in a bog
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Is Earth’s Core Like an Onion?
Chemical layering deep inside may explain weird seismic wave behavior
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Can True Love Help to Heal a Diseased Heart?
How robust intimate relationships affect cardiac patients -
The Psychedelic Scientist
High on ayahuasca, Bruce Damer saw how life on Earth began. He may very well be right. -
The Fishy Inspiration Behind a Bold, Tandem Space Mission
Remarkable remoras get their time in the orbital spotlight -
Ancient Math Hidden in Oldest Known Floral Pottery
Bowls from the Halafian culture of Mesopotamia suggest people used art to enumerate their rapidly changing world -
The Emerging Science of Being Hangry
Your ability to tune into your body’s internal signals shapes hunger-driven mood swings
