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Dolphins Stay Awake And Alert For At Least 15 Days At A Time
Dolphins can stay awake and whip-smart for up to 15 days. Why only 15 days? Because the researchers stopped recording after 15 days. No one really knows how long dolphins can go without sleep. The...
View ArticleAdorable Video Shows Workers Rescuing A Baby Elephant
These workers from the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, the longest study of wild elephants in the world, had to rescue this baby elephant from the well. They first had to shoo the mother away from her...
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Beluga Whale Has The Special Talent Of Speaking Like A Human
Move over, Moby Dick. Scientists have found a white whale capable of imitating human speech. These findings, the first to show that whales can mimic the voices of humans, suggest that researchers...
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The 16 Smartest People On Earth
IQ is a problematic measure of intelligence. Many have never been tested, while others have taken the test many times to improve their scores. Still, psychologists consider it the best measurement of...
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Photo Contest Winners Capture Impressive Images Of The Smallest Things On Earth
Nikon's Small World winners for 2012 were announced today. The contest focuses on the tiny things on earth, and the best images of those. These images "showcase the delicate balance between...
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Puppies, Like Kids, Learn To Catch Yawns As They Grow Up
Watching someone else yawn can be a one-way ticket to doing the same. Now, research finds that the same is true for dogs — but not puppies. In fact, dogs become more susceptible to the contagion of...
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Lady Gaga's Name Now Graces 19 Species Of Fern
A group of researchers at Duke University have an obsession with Lady Gaga. How do I know this? They've named a genus of ferns after the pop star. The genus, a classification label for a group of...
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Scientists Find The Brain Switch That Makes Us Recognize Faces
The mystery of why some people never forget a face while others struggle to recognise people they have already met could be explained by two small bundles of nerves in the brain, according to a new...
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A Live Shark Fell Out Of The Sky And Landed On A Golf Course
Today in weird news: a shark fell out of the sky onto the 12th tee box at a golf course in California. The shark was wounded and bloody but alive, according to the Capistrano Dispatch. It was about...
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New Fossil Suggests Ancient Humans Spent More Time In Trees Than We Thought
Despite the ability to walk upright, early relatives of humanity represented by the famed "Lucy" fossil likely spent much of their time in trees, remaining very active climbers, researchers say....
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How Mice Adapt To Life In The Big City
Subjected to the unusual pressures of the urban landscape in New York City, the white-footed mouse has been evolving to survive, evolutionary biologist Jason Munshi-South said at this month's Secret...
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Hurricane Sandy Killed Tens Of Thousands Of Specially-Engineered Research...
When Superstorm Sandy ranged through the East coast last week, humans were not the only ones impacted. Floodwaters from the storm also took NYU's lab animals down with it.The facility was prepared for...
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Blind Mole Rats May Hold The Key To Preventing Cancer
Blind mole rats may hold the secret to healthy aging in their genes, and new studies are indicating these strange animals have multiple tricks up their sleeves for shutting down cancer.The strange...
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Canada's War Against Rats
"I have a freezer full of dead rats," says Laurie Wein, project manager at Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in western Canada.It's a necessary evil, for the restoration specialist leading Parks...
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This Winter Could Be Really Bad For New York's Black Bears
This last year's been extremely odd for black bears in New York, culminating in many more cubs than usual, though many are skinnier than they should be."We've seen more cubs than ever before," Ed Reed,...
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Modern Comforts Might Be Making Us Dumber
The claim: Once upon a time the human brain was evolving at a rapid pace.Some 50,000 to 500,000 years ago, our prehistoric ancestors, armed with little more than their wits, had to hunt down prey and...
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Tasmanian Devils Are Being Shipped To A Private Island To Save Them From...
Tasmanian devil populations will be relocated to Maria Island to save them from the deadly cancer that's killing off their main population.The contagious cancer is a facial tumor that spreads through...
View ArticleThe Leggiest Female On Earth Lives Near Silicon Valley
The leggiest animal in the world lives in northern California, on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.The bizarre creature is the millipede Illacme plenipes. Males have around 550 legs, but females can...
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Einstein's Brain Holds Secrets Of His Extreme Intelligence
A new analysis of photographs of Albert Einstein's brain has revealed special features that could be what gave him his amazing smarts.The researchers compared 14 pictures of Einstein's brain to 85...
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Being A Genius Is The Loneliest Place On Earth
Australian Peter D. Rodgers has one of the highest IQs in the world, according to an online ranking, called The World Genius Directory, created by Dr. Jason Betts. The directory is compiled from...
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