Life

  1. Animals

    The nerve of one animal

    Cancer that's killing Tasmanian devils probably began in a single creature's nervous system.

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  2. Fossils

    Dino-bite!

    Study suggests dinosaur's teeth packed poison.

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  3. Plants

    Flower family knows its roots

    Impatiens wildflowers seem to know who's sharing their soil.

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  4. Animals

    Giving sharks safe homes

    Scientists help to understand and protect sharks and coral reefs.

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  5. Fossils

    The paleontologist and the three dinosaurs

    Skulls thought to be from three different dinosaurs may actually be from the same dino type at three different ages.

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  6. Fossils

    The bug that may have killed a dinosaur

    The holes in the jaw bone of a world-famous T. Rex suggest the dino died from a parasite infection.

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  7. Animals

    Giant snakes invading North America

    A new government study suggests the United States may see pythons in Pennsylvania by 2100.

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  8. Fossils

    Three strikes wiped out woolly mammoths

    Giant mammals went extinct thanks to climate, comet and people.

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  9. Genetics

    Two monkeys see a more colorful world

    A genetic experiment changes the way monkeys see the world.

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  10. Fossils

    Mini T. rex

    Scientists have unearthed a dinosaur skeleton that looks like a person-sized Tyrannosaurus rex.

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  11. Animals

    Penguin pressure

    Scientists are racing to learn as much as they can about penguins in the hopes of saving them from an uncertain future.

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  12. Brain

    A brain-boosting video game

    A new study suggests that playing Tetris builds gray matter.

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