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  1. Genetics

    Dolly the Sheep’s cloned sisters aging gracefully

    Cloning doesn’t cause premature aging in sheep.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Animals

    Dragons sleep like mammals and birds

    Some lizards may sleep in the same way as mammals and birds, a new brain wave study finds.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  3. Science & Society

    Special Report: Aging’s Future

    What is aging? How does it change the brain? How did different life histories evolve? This special report addresses those questions and more.

    By Science News Staff
  4. Paleontology

    Saber-toothed salmon teeth more like tusks than fangs

    Saber-toothed salmon teeth may not have been positioned like fangs at all.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Health & Medicine

    A sugar can melt away cholesterol

    A sugar called cyclodextrin removes cholesterol from hardened arteries in mouse studies.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Animals

    Some bats chug nectar with conveyor belt tongues

    Grooved bat tongues work like escalators or conveyor belts, transporting nectar from tip to mouth.

    By Helen Thompson
  7. Animals

    Cats and foxes are driving Australia’s mammals extinct

    Since the arrival of Europeans in Australia, a startling number of mammal species have disappeared. A new study puts much of the blame on introduced cats and foxes.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  8. Animals

    Little African cats need big parks

    Protecting African wildcats requires large protected areas free of feral cats to avoid the risk of the wild species disappearing through hybridization.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  9. Earth

    Nuclear blasts, other human activity signal new epoch, group argues

    A group of scientists will formally propose the human-defined Anthropocene as a new epoch in Earth’s geologic history within a few years, probably pegging the start date to nuclear tests.

    By Thomas Sumner
  10. Science & Society

    Empathy for animals is all about us

    We extend our feelings to what we think animals are feeling. Often, we’re wrong. But anthropomorphizing isn’t about them. It’s about us.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  11. Animals

    Cougars may provide a net benefit to humans

    Cougars have disappeared from the eastern United States. If they returned, they’d kill deer, preventing many car crashes, scientists find.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  12. Animals

    How animal poop could be key in solving echidna mystery

    The western long-beaked echidna hasn’t been seen in Australia in 10,000 years. But DNA in scat could reveal its presence.

    By Sarah Zielinski