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Psychology
Pain expectations
How painful you expect something to be beforehand can affect how you actually feel when you're hurt.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
From Chimps to People
Although chimpanzees and people share many genes, there are key biological differences.
By Emily Sohn -
Tech
Roboroach and company
Cockroaches and lobsters inspire robots that navigate in darkness and track smells.
By Sarah Webb -
Animals
Who’s knocking?
Recordings of calls and drumming provide new evidence that the ivory-billed woodpecker survives.
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Walktopus
Some octopuses can walk, using two of their eight arms to scoot backward.
By Emily Sohn -
Brain
Monkeys in the Mirror
Capuchin monkeys react to their own mirror images in surprising ways.
By Emily Sohn -
Fossils
Dino Babies
Fossilized eggs suggest that baby dinosaurs may have relied on grown-ups for help.
By Emily Sohn -
Microbes
Fungus hunt
Scientists are collecting information to create a family tree for fungi (and mushrooms).
By Emily Sohn -
Animals
Sleepless at Sea
Some marine moms and babies stay awake for weeks after the infants are born.
By Emily Sohn