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- Animals
superfast muscles for cooing doves
To coo, a dove's muscles have to contract and relax amazingly quickly.
- Animals
Owls use dung to lure beetles
A burrowing owl spreads dung around its nest to attract beetles.
- Tech
Are propellers fin-ished?
The fins and flippers of penguins and other marine animals inspire new ways to propel watercraft.
- Planets
Planet Hunters Nab Three More
Astronomers have spotted three Neptune-size planets outside our solar system.
- Brain
Reading problems show cultural differences
The language you use may affect the type of reading problem you have.
- Earth
Deep drilling at sea
Drilling holes deep into the seafloor unveils the ocean's past and hints at Earth's future.
- Environment
Fishing for fun takes toll
Sportfishing can account for a surprisingly large part of the catch of certain types of saltwater fish.
- Earth
Ice Age melting and rising seas
Ice melted in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres during ice-age warm-ups.
- Psychology
Worlds of self-esteem
The way you feel about yourself can affect what other people think of you.
- Planets
Saturn’s New Moons
The Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of lightning and two tiny moons orbiting the ringed planet.
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- Climate
A dire shortage of water
Parts of the southwestern United States are in the middle of the worst drought in at least 500 years.
