Life

  1. Animals

    Chicken eggs as drug factories

    Researchers have created chickens that produce useful drugs in their eggs.

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  2. Brain

    Video game violence

    Playing violent video games may have harmful effects on the brain.

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  3. Plants

    A Giant Flower’s New Family

    The world's largest known flower may be a relative of the poinsettia plant.

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  4. Environment

    Shrimpy invaders

    A shrimplike creature that has invaded the Great Lakes could spell big trouble for young fish.

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  5. Animals

    G-Tunes with a Message

    Apes known as gibbons can rearrange the notes of their songs to communicate with one another.

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  6. Fossils

    Fossil Forests

    The remains of ancient trees can help us better understand the effects of climate change on Earth.

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  7. Animals

    The Littlest Lemurs

    Studies of mouse lemurs may tell us something about our own origins.

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  8. Animals

    A tongue and a half

    A nectar-sipping bat from South America has a skinny tongue that's longer than its body.

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  9. Animals

    Lives of a mole rat

    The toothy mammals known as mole rats have highly unusual bodies, brains, and social lives.

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  10. Animals

    Chicken talk

    Chickens can make meaningful sounds that, like words, refer to objects around them.

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  11. Fossils

    Battling Mastodons

    Marks on fossil tusks suggest that male mastodons were fierce warriors.

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  12. Animals

    Decoding how bees work

    Analyzing the DNA code of honeybees may lead to a better understanding of bee societies.

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