Life
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- Brain
Seeing Red and Blue and . . .
Seeing lots of colors when you're young might determine how well you recognize hues later in life.
- Animals
The buzz about mosquitoes
Learning more about mosquitoes can help us control the blood-sucking insects and prevent deadly diseases.
- Animals
Sleep lessons from sparrows
During migration season, certain sparrows remain amazingly alert even when they haven't had much sleep.
- Agriculture
Growing healthier tomato plants
How well tomatoes grow depends on how the plants are mulched and fertilized.
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- Animals
An inspiring home for apes
A group of scientists wants to establish preserves where orangutans and other primates have the chance to learn and create.
- Animals
Hot tail gives warning
Ground squirrels can heat up their tails to signal and perhaps taunt rattlesnakes.
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- Fossils
Fingerprinting fossils
Researchers can find out in what kind of soil a fossil was originally buried.
- Brain
A dog’s amazingly large vocabulary
A border collie named Rico recognizes a surprisingly large number of words.
- Animals
Hippo sweat is natural sunscreen
Hippo "sweat" contains substances that fight microbes and screen out ultraviolet light.
