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Health & MedicineLittle Mind Benders
Parasites that sneak into the brain may alter your behavior and health.
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LifeThe lion eats tonight …
Attacks on humans peak after a full moon, when feline bellies tend to rumble.
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LifeLone Star cats rescue cousins in Sunshine State
Florida panther numbers have tripled since the introduction of females from Texas injected vital genetic diversity, a new report says.
By Susan Milius -
LifeDon’t trust any elephant under 60
Herds with older leaders are more attuned to danger, a study finds.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsSOS: Call the ants
Emergency ant workers bite at snares, dig and tug to free trapped sisters
By Susan Milius -
EcosystemsGoogle works on a different web
Page ranking system inspires algorithm for predicting food webs’ vulnerability.
By Susan Milius -
Tapeworms tell tales of deeper human past
A new analysis of tapeworm history suggests that people have been wrong about where we picked up pests: It was not domestication of cattle and pigs but increased meat eating in Africa.
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ComputingSocial Networking for Zebras
Scientists are developing a new branch of network theory to understand zebra communities.
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HumansBooks for Late Summer
The writers of Science News present wide-ranging recommendations of books for readers to pack for their late-summer vacations.
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EcosystemsBad-News Beauties
Discarded aquarium fish are the likely source of an alien species that's breeding in the Atlantic and could threaten economically important U.S. fisheries.
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PhysicsFit to Be Tied
Two new books present scathing critiques of string theory, which holds that the universe has 11 dimensions and that its fundamental building blocks are ultratiny loops of energy known as strings.
By Peter Weiss