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Can You Teach Evolution Without Saying the Word? Arizona Is About to Find Out.
By Brandon Specktor published
Mentions of evolution could be replaced with "change over time," according to the state's superintendent.

Evolution May Make it Harder for Humans to Hold Their Liquor
By Laura Geggel published
Humans are still evolving… but before toasting to that, know this: Some of the genetic changes may make hangovers worse, a new study finds.

Survival of the Fishiest? How 'Shape of Water' Creature Could Evolve
By Mindy Weisberger published
Could natural selection produce an aquatic human?

Blossoming Bisexual: World's 1st Flower Had Male and Female Parts
By Laura Geggel published

Human Ancestor Mated with 'Ghost Lineage' And the Proof Is in Your Spit
By Charles Q. Choi published
A protein that helps make human spit slimy reveals signs that the ancestors of modern humans interbred with an extinct human lineage that was an even more distant relation than Neanderthals.

Link to the Past: Evidence of Humanity's Oldest Ropes Unearthed
By Guy Gugliotta published
"Perfect forms" carved in ivory reveal humanity's oldest set of ropes, research suggests.

Ancient Gap-Toothed Whale Led to Evolution of Efficient Filter Feeding
By Jen Viegas published
A new fossil find, named Coronodon havensteini, helps explain the unusual eating habits of the blue whale.

Life Among the Stars? Tiny Interstellar Probes May Test 'Panspermia' Idea
By Mike Wall published
Some of the first spacecraft that humanity sends to other solar systems may carry microscopic ambassadors from Earth.
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