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Beast Buddies
As researchers muse about the evolutionary origins of friendship, even the social interactions of giraffes are getting a second look.
By Susan Milius -
Calling out the cell undertakers
Dying cells secrete chemicals that attract other cells that specialize in disposing of cellular corpses.
By John Travis -
Protein Portal: Enzyme acts as door for the SARS virus
A protein that regulates blood pressure also serves as the cellular portal for the SARS virus.
By John Travis -
Dying before Their Time
Genetically engineered mice that get prematurely old give hints to the causes of aging.
By John Travis - Humans
Of Rats, Mice, and Birds
Fireworks erupt over an extension of rules to protect lab animals.
By Janet Raloff -
Human, Mouse, Rat . . . What’s Next?
Scientists lobby for a chimpanzee genome project.
By John Travis - Ecosystems
Killer Consequences: Has whaling driven orcas to a diet of sea lions?
Killer whales may have been responsible for steep declines in seal, sea lion, and otter populations after whaling wiped out the great whales that killer whales had been eating.
- Anthropology
Humanity’s pedestal lowered again?
A new genetic study reaches the controversial conclusion that chimpanzees belong to the genus Homo, just as people do.
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Ebola protein explains deadly mystery
The infamous virus called Ebola has a surface protein that kills cells in blood vessels.
By John Travis -
Mother and Child Disunion
Data on extensive giveaways of daughters by their mothers in northern Taiwan a century ago may challenge influential theories of innate maternal sentiments.
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Baby Facial: Infants monkey with face recognition
Between ages 6 months and 9 months, babies apparently lose the ability to discriminate between the faces of individuals in different animal species and start to develop an expertise in discerning human faces.
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Cooperative strangers turn a mutual profit
In social exchanges, monkeys and people often appear to act according to the principle that "one good turn deserves another."
By Bruce Bower