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2,695 results for: Monkeys

  1. Life

    Gone fishing, orangutan-style

    Apes that catch fish in ponds and eat them raise the possibility that ancient hominids did the same.

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  2. Humans

    Letters from the June 5, 2004, issue of Science News

    Blackened reputation Again, humans are implicated in the promotion and distribution of our own misery (“Medieval cure-all may actually have spread disease,” SN: 4/3/04, p. 222: Medieval cure-all may actually have spread disease). However, if bitumen was wrongly credited with darkening the skin of mummified remains, what caused it? Robert FizekNewton, Mass. The coating on […]

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  3. Evolution’s Wedges

    Finding the genes that drive one species into two.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Mind-Controlled

    Linking brain and computer may soon lead to practical prosthetics for daily life.

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  5. Consciousness Emerges

    Somewhere along a tangled path, sights, sounds and insights pop into awareness.

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  6. Animals

    Furry Friends Forever

    Humans aren’t the only animals who benefit from having someone to count on.

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  7. Animals

    Mosquitoes Remade

    Scientists reinvent agents of illness to become allies in fight against disease.

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  8. Animals

    Face Smarts

    Macaques, sheep and even wasps may join people as masters at facial recognition.

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  9. Early Arrival

    Premature puberty among girls poses scientific puzzle.

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  10. Humans

    Bionic women (and men) get closer to reality

    Prosthetics and new therapies restore abilities to move, see, walk.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Your social brain

    Nerve cells notice mistakes and learn from others’ desires.

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  12. New species of the year

    More creatures, less Latin used to describe them.

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