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Tool-using monkeys threaten shellfish population in Thailand

Sep. 19, 2017
CRISPR experiment shows how butterflies get their coloring

Sep. 19, 2017
Scientists complete 8 months in isolation to simulate Mars mission

Sep. 19, 2017
Totally nuts: Squirrels bury their food according to type

Sep. 18, 2017
Want to control gadgets with your mind? This lab could help

Sep. 18, 2017
Eight-year-old publishes in a scientific journal

Sep. 14, 2017
The concept of ‘zero’ has been around a lot longer than we thought

Sep. 14, 2017
Rats may have nightmares, too, say researchers who monitored their sleep

Sep. 11, 2017
California’s monarch butterflies struggle against extinction

Sep. 11, 2017
There are more than 300 kinds of ice, scientists report

Sep. 8, 2017
Beware online daters: Computers can’t help you pick your soul mate

Sep. 8, 2017
Los Angeles paints streets white to stay cool

Sep. 7, 2017
Wild dogs vote to initiate a hunt by sneezing

Sep. 6, 2017
Park rangers hunt tree poachers with science

Sep. 6, 2017
Superthin spacecraft aims to clean up space garbage

Sep. 6, 2017
Uranus’s moons set on collision course with one another

Sep. 6, 2017
How blind people use echolocation

Sep. 1, 2017
The average age for new U.S. dads has passed 30

Sep. 1, 2017
How Neandertals made their spear-binding ‘superglue’

Aug. 31, 2017
Hubble teases possibility of water on nearby exoplanets

Aug. 31, 2017
Here’s what the eclipse looked like from the moon

Aug. 31, 2017
Study says Exxon misled the public about climate change

Aug. 24, 2017
Muhammad Ali’s speech started slurring years before Parkinson’s diagnosis

Aug. 23, 2017
Science envoy resigns from Trump administration with a hidden message: ‘impeach’

Aug. 23, 2017