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- Chemistry
Scientist fiddles with spider silk
Bundled and processed, the sturdy filaments yield a soft, rich sound on the violin.
- Humans
Highlights from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists annual meeting, Portland, Ore., April 11-14
Shorts on Stone Age finds in Southeast Asia, chatting among Neandertal ancestors and early cannibalism.
- Humans
Ancient walking gets weirder
Fossil footprints and bones suggest variations among human ancestors in upright gait and stance.
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- Animals
Chimps show lethal side
A collaborative scientific effort offers an inside look at ape homicides.
- Physics
Long-sought particles possibly glimpsed
Majorana fermions, which are their own antiparticle, could one day be useful in quantum computing.
- Life
Baboons show their word skills
Monkeys learn to distinguish words from nonwords, suggesting ancient evolutionary roots for reading.
- Health & Medicine
Movie clips help ease drug craving
Images of heroin may prove useful in treating addiction.
- Physics
Insects covered in tough stuff
Locust exoskeleton could inspire new, fracture-resistant materials.
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- Life
Pigeon navigation finding called off-course
Iron-containing cells that had been reported in beaks look mostly like immune system components, a new study finds.
