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- Life
Gone fishing, orangutan-style
Apes that catch fish in ponds and eat them raise the possibility that ancient hominids did the same.
- 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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Evolution’s Wedges
Finding the genes that drive one species into two.
- Health & Medicine
Mind-Controlled
Linking brain and computer may soon lead to practical prosthetics for daily life.
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Consciousness Emerges
Somewhere along a tangled path, sights, sounds and insights pop into awareness.
- Animals
Furry Friends Forever
Humans aren’t the only animals who benefit from having someone to count on.
- Animals
Mosquitoes Remade
Scientists reinvent agents of illness to become allies in fight against disease.
- Animals
Face Smarts
Macaques, sheep and even wasps may join people as masters at facial recognition.
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Early Arrival
Premature puberty among girls poses scientific puzzle.
- Humans
Bionic women (and men) get closer to reality
Prosthetics and new therapies restore abilities to move, see, walk.
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New species of the year
More creatures, less Latin used to describe them.
