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Another consequence of global warming: more marmots
As temperatures rise, marmots are becoming larger, fitter, and more numerous, a new study has found.
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Monkeys and humans more closely related, new species disovery suggests
Humans and monkeys may have diverged more recently than scientists have thought, a partial primate skull discovered in Saudi Arabia suggests.
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Invisible Gorilla test returns, showing that we're still not paying attention
'Invisible Gorilla,' a 1999 test that revealed how little attention we pay to the unexpected, now has a sequel. Take the test to see how good you are at noticing what's right in front of you.
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Protons actually smaller than we thought, new measurement finds
The proton, which was previously thought to be really, really, really, really small, could actually be really, really, really, really, really small, new research suggests.
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Melting ice reveals ancient atlatl dart
Used by a Native American hunter some 10,000 years ago, the atlatl dart was discovered in a melting patch of ice high in the Rocky Mountains.
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The US may be the richest nation, but it's not the happiest
The United States, which had the highest gross domestic product per capita, can't claim to be as happy as Denmark and New Zealand.
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Wreck Of Andrea Doria bell discovered
Wreck Of Andrea Doria: The 75-pound bronze bridge bell from the SS Andrea Doria, an Italian ocean liner that sunk off of the coast of Massachusetts in 1956, has been discovered by a group of divers.
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Hurricane Alex wreaking havoc on BP Gulf oil spill
Hurricane Alex has pushed oil from the BP Gulf oil spill spill onto Gulf coast beaches, with some tar balls as large as apples.
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School-bus-sized prehistoric sperm whale actually ate other whales
A sperm whale that measured up to 59 feet long and lived some 12 million to 13 million years ago used to hunt smaller whales. The species is named for Herman Melville, author of 'Moby-Dick.'
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Archimedes' flaming death ray was probably just a cannon, study finds
Archemedes' burning mirror, a device that was thought to concentrate the sun's rays into a laser beam that repelled an invading Roman fleet in 212 BC, was more likely a steam cannon, new research suggests.
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Ancient rats coexisted with dinosaurs, gnawed on their ribs
Ancient rats lived with dinosaurs and chewed on their ribs, leaving bite marks behind.
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Dinosaur graveyard unearthed in Canada; could be world's largest
Dinosaur graveyard bonanza! Paleontologists have unearthed what could be the world's largest dinosaur graveyard, a vast Cretaceous bone bed consisting of fossils from a plant-eating horned dinosaur.
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Gulf oil spill: Can earth survive the disaster?
Gulf oil spill is a crude reminder of the many ways humans are fouling the planet. Can Earth survive?
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Gulf oil spill biggest victims are the smallest creatures
Gulf oil spill has affected nature in many ways, but it's the tiny organisms at the bottom of the food chain that are getting hit the hardest.
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World Cup soccer ball travels faster and farther at high altitudes
World Cup soccer balls will travel faster and straighter through Johannesburg's thin air, a NASA scientists has warned.
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'Jaws' 35th anniversary: How Jaws changed summer movie blockbusters
'Jaws' 35th anniversary already? In the summer of 1975, Jaws kept a lot of people out of the water.
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Theory of Everything: To come up with it, scientists drop an experiment down an elevator shaft
Theory of Everything: In an attempt to reconcile quantum mechanics with general relativity, scientists dropped super-cold quantum gas down a five-story shaft.
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Sense of direction is innate, new study suggests
Sense of direction, long thought to be a learned skill, seems to come factory-installed, a new study of baby rats indicates.
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Source of shimmering colors found in butterfly wings revealed
The butterfly wings contain tiny structures called gyroids that diffract sunlight like a crystal.
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Baby names have long-lasting effects, for better or worse
Plenty of research suggests the name chosen impacts a baby's life well into adulthood.
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Research indicates that young men are more sensitive to relationship quality than women
Why relationships affect young women and men differently is not yet clear, but contradicts conventional views.
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Seals' whiskers can track fish from hundreds of feet away
Seals can use their whiskers to track fish from further than 130 feet away, researchers now find.
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Cockroaches appear to use collective decision-making, prefer to dine together
The pesky critters cluster and remain feeding on one lump of food even if another morsel exists nearby.
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Science of bursting bubbles has its bubble burst
Scientists have found that a popped bubble actually creates a ring of smaller daughter bubbles in its wake.
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Study finds that giant crocodiles are actually pretty good surfers
The saltwater crocodile – the world's largest reptile – is a lousy swimmer. But it sure knows how to ride an ocean current.
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