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Dogs respond when their people are in distress. (PixelwunderByRebecca/Pixabay)

Dogs & Human Emotions

July 25, 2018

Our shared history has shaped how dogs respond to our emotions

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The Meghalayan Age

July 24, 2018

Geologists designate a new age for modern times.

Read moreThe Meghalayan Age
(JACLOU-DL/Pixabay)

Horse Snorts

July 23, 2018

Horses snort when they’re content.

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Houseplants. (Kaboompics/Pixabay)

Smart Houseplants

July 20, 2018

Could genetically engineered houseplants protect our homes?

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Clemson University scientist Michael Sears (left) and former Clemson Ph.D. student Eric Riddell have been conducting research on salamanders for more than five years. (Pete Martin)

Resilient Salamanders

July 19, 2018

New research shows that salamanders are more adaptable to warming temperatures than was thought.

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Western black-legged ticks. (Ervic Aquino/California Department of Public Health)

Ticks By Mail

July 18, 2018

Scientists ask volunteers to share their ticks.

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Cancer vs. Cancer

July 17, 2018

Turning cancer cells into cancer-fighting machines.

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Aerial-view-of-some-of-the-fish-salting-tanks-cetaria-in-the-ancient-Roman-city-of-Baelo-Claudia-near-todays-Tarifa-in-Spain.-The-largest-circular-tank-is-3-meters-wide-with-a-18m3-capacity. (D. Bernal-Casasola, University of Cadiz)

Lost Whales

July 16, 2018

Whales used the Mediterranean as breeding grounds during ancient Roman times.

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A palm cockatoo. (wildfaces/pixabay/CCO)

Drumming Cockatoos

July 13, 2018

Researchers discover that cockatoos use sticks and seed pods to drum out rhythms on tree limbs.

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Researchers in Texas attached miniature radio transmitters to kissing bugs and tracked their movements. (Gabriel Hamer/Texas A&M University/Journal of Medical Entomology)

Tracking Kissing Bugs

July 12, 2018

Miniature transmitters help scientists track a blood-sucking pest.

Read moreTracking Kissing Bugs
This photograph shows a ballooning spider. Michael Hutchinson

Spider Ballooning

July 11, 2018

Spiders sail through the air on electrical currents.

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Made from Lego bricks and a smart phone, a device is connected to free software and utilizes the phone's camera to identify and detect nerve agents, like VX and sarin. (University of Texas at Austin)

Lego Nerve Gas Detector

July 10, 2018

Chemists design a mobile, affordable nerve gas detector out of Lego bricks.

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