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An orangutan mother and infant in heavily disturbed landscape dominated by oil palm plantations in the Lower Kinabatangan floodplain, Malaysia Borneo. (HUTAN KOCP Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme)

Orangutan Resilience

July 9, 2018

Orangutans may be more resilient to human disturbance than once thought.

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Chihuahuas trace their DNA back to European breeds rather than ancient American dogs. BarnImages/Pixabay/CCO)

North American Dogs

July 6, 2018

What happened to ancient American dogs, and where did they come from in the first place?

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Moral Stimulation

July 5, 2018

Electricity may charge up our moral character.

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Is there an upper limit to the human lifespan? (Free-Photos/CC0)

Oral Insecticides

July 4, 2018

An oral pesticide could turn the tables on biting insects.

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Microbial Protein Feed

July 3, 2018

Could microorganisms be the key to producing more sustainable protein for the growing human …

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Lifespan Limits

July 2, 2018

When it comes to lifespan, do humans have a fixed finish line?

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Small Town Archaeology

June 29, 2018

A town square offers a trove of archaeological discoveries.

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eDermis

June 28, 2018

Synthetic skin can restore a richer sense of touch to prosthetic limb users.

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Image of a giant anteater

Anteater Diet

June 27, 2018

How giant anteaters get enough food into their tiny mouths to survive.

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(Robert Lachlan)

Songbird Culture

June 26, 2018

How a small songbird’s cultural traditions persist for more than a thousand years.

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Daily Tweet Cycle

June 25, 2018

Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?

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North American Sea

June 22, 2018

The enormous sea that once covered North America formed more recently than was thought.

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