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459 results for: Dolphins
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Jelly Propulsion
Jellyfish have been swimming the seas for at least 550 million years, and research is now revealing how the challenges of moving in fluid have shaped the creatures' evolution.
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Stranded: A whale of a mystery
Scientists generally agree that sonar can trigger strandings of certain whales, but no one really knows what leads these deep divers to the beach.
- Animals
Built for Speed
Animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics — if only they would stay in their lanes.
- Life
Life: Science news of the year, 2008
Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Life. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories.
- Earth
First wave
The presidents of two island nations draft escape plans, anticipating sea level rise.
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All kinds of tired
Donkeys sleep about three out of each 24 hours. Certain reef fish spend the night moving their fins as if swimming in their sleep. Some biologists argue that all animals sleep in some form or another. But identifying sleep can get complicated. Insects have brain architecture so different from humans’, for example, that electrophysiological recordings […]
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Aping the Stone Age
Chimp chasers join artifact extractors to probe the roots of stone tools.
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Humans wonder, anybody home?
Brain structure and circuitry offer clues to consciousness in nonmammals.
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Cries and Greetings
Baboon intimacy and detachment present vexing clues.
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Culture of the Sea
Whales and dolphins strut their social stuff for scientists.
- Humans
Science News of the Year 2000
A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2000.
