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- Animals
Lyrebirds dance to their own music
In mating display, male birds match moves to songs.
By Susan Milius -
- Health & Medicine
Talk therapy helps Congolese victims of sexual violence recover
Groups sessions using a cognitive processing approach work better than individual support counseling, a study finds.
By Nathan Seppa - Quantum Physics
Light breaks up to cloak gaps in time
Method could hide messages without sender’s knowledge.
By Andrew Grant - Paleontology
Fossil sheds light on early primates
Partial skeleton near root of monkey, ape and human line.
By Bruce Bower - Animals
Dead, live guppies vie for paternity
Females can use sperm months after mates go belly up.
By Susan Milius - Paleontology
Lizard king thrived in ancient warm climate
The herbivorous reptile of 40 million years ago was around 2 meters long.
- Planetary Science
Thirty years to Mars
Excerpt from the June 15, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.
By Nathan Seppa -
Letters to the editor
Wet Earth Erin Wayman’s article “Faint young sun” (SN: 5/4/13, p. 30), about how the early Earth stayed warm enough for liquid water, made me wonder about the effect of the temperature of the planet itself. A hotter core, thinner crust, more volcanism — wouldn’t those factors in addition to atmospheric influences affect surface temperature? […]
By Science News - Animals
Frog long thought extinct rediscovered in Israel
Hula painted frog turns out to be the only surviving member of an extinct genus.
By Meghan Rosen - Health & Medicine
Flu spreads via airborne droplets
Hand washing goes only so far in retarding flu transmission.
- Humans
Dietary changes accompanied human evolution
Hominids moved toward eating grasses and away from tree leaves, according to chemical analyses of fossil tooth enamel.