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How Sight and Sound Can Trick Your BrainA new study shows how auditory and visual information in the brain can work together to trick us into seeing things that are not there.
neuroscience -
Depressed? Go Play in the DirtExposure to friendly soil bacteria could improve mood just as effectively as antidepressant drugs.
psychology -
Joan of Arc Relics are FakeThe relics of Joan of Arc are not the remains of the fifteenth-century French heroine and saint, but rather manufactured items made from an Egyptian mummy.
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Controversial Human Ancestor Gets Major FaceliftAn ancient member of the human family gets a digital makeover, revealing a mug that looks more apelike than previously thought. But not everyone is buying the result.
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Rise of Modern Mammals Occurred Long After Dinosaur DemiseModern mammals don’t owe their success to the demise of the dinosaurs, according to a new study.
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Worms Live Longer on Fortified Steak and ChickenExperiments with worms suggest humans might one day be able to eat themselves to a longer and healthier life.
chemistry -
Two 'Raptor' Dinosaurs Unearthed in MongoliaThe new species were unearthed in Mongolia. One ranks among the smallest non-avian dinosaurs ever discovered.
dinosaurs -
Genetically Tweaked Mice Get Human-Like VisionScientists have some lab mice seeing red. The animals have had their vision genetically upgraded and can now see colors invisible to normal rodents.
land-mammals -
Predators Stifle Rapid Evolution of PreyScientists have identified two factors that play important roles in the fitful process of evolution.
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Ancient Lizard Glided on Stretched RibsAn ancient arboreal lizard coasted through the air on a wing-like membrane stretched across elongated ribs, a new fossil reveals.
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Surprising Pace of Evolution and Extinction RevealedNew species evolve faster at high latitudes than in the tropics, but they also go extinct faster, a new study suggests.
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Old Earthquake Faults are Like Worn Brake PadsEarthquake faults are worn smooth over time by friction like the brake pads of an old car, according to a new study.
earthquakes -
Why Children Never Leave Home: EvolutionThe long childhoods and delayed maturity common in modern humans might be a recent development that first emerged only a few thousand years ago in early members of our species living in Africa.
human-evolution -
Sun Blamed for Warming of Earth and Other WorldsSolar activity can affect Earth's climate, but the idea that the current global warming trend is fueled by the sun is "nuts," one researcher says.
climate-change -
Snake with Taste for Escargot Evolves Bizarre StrategyIf the French had teeth like the Iwasaki snail-eating snake, they wouldn’t need tongs and tiny pitchforks to eat escargot.
snakes -
The World's Most Explosive TongueThe giant palm salamander of Central America shoots out its tongue with more instantaneous power than any known muscle in the animal kingdom.
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Mission to Study Earth's Gaping 'Open Wound'Scientists have discovered a large area in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where the Earth’s crust is missing and the mantle is exposed.
geology -
Old Data Supports Global Warming Link to Stronger HurricanesScientists find new evidence for a link between global warming and stronger hurricanes in old satellite data.
climate-change -
Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside EarthScans of Earth's deep interior reveal a vast water reservoir beneath Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
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Incredible Robots Walk, Roll, Climb and CooperateVIDEO: New "superbots" plug into each other like Lego-blocks and simulate humans, caterpillars or wheels. And they can find each other and hook up.
robotics -
The Secrets (and Perils) of Sword Swallowing RevealedDefinitely don't try this at home. Scientists have documented the dangers, from "sword throat" to a scissored esophagus.
health -
'Kinship Detectors' Prevent Incest ... In Some Casesgenetics -
Blind Snake Rediscovered After 100-Year AbsenceA rare blind snake has been rediscovered in Madagascar a century after its last sighting.
snakes -
Human Origins Go on DisplayA new exhibit on human evolution opening this weekend at the American Museum of Natural History in New York explores where humans came from and what makes us distinct from other animals.
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