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Chimps continue learning tool use even as adults, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOther recent studies have focused specifically on chimpanzee intelligence. In a study published for...
The Abuses of Prehistory
New Republic· 5 days agoBy studying early humans (who were now allegedly accessible in the form of Indigenous people), scholars believed they could illuminate what qualities are...
All Human Existence May Have Begun in a Black Hole, Some Scientists Believe
Popular Mechanics· 5 days agoHave you ever wondered why our universe is made up of something rather than nothing? This is called...
Fact Check: Photo Apparently Shows 2 Goats Scaling Brick Wall. Here's What We Found
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 days agoD.J. Schubert, a senior scientist in wildlife biology at the Animal Welfare Institute, said the...
New Fossil Bovids from Kromdraai
Newswise· 6 days agoResearchers have unearthed a collection of fossilised bovids, revealing the presence of previously unknown species that once roamed these ancient...
Space + Science | CNN
CNN.com· 7 days agoThis weekend’s full moon will be a ‘micromoon.’ Here’s what that means National Museums Scotland Scientists unveil 240-million-year-old ‘dragon’ fossil...
Why evolution often favors small animals and other organisms
Phys.org· 5 days agoThe first evidence of single-cell organisms dates from around 3.8 billion years ago, soon after the...
The First Turtle Organoids
The Scientist· 2 days agoIn the dark, frigid months of winter, painted turtle hatchlings hunker down in shallow, icy nests where they enter a state of suspended animation.1 Their hearts stop beating; their metabolisms ...
Archaeoraptor: The Dinosaur-Bird “Missing Link” And One Of Science's Greatest Hoaxes
IFLScience· 5 days agoHeralded as the “missing evolutionary link” that proved modern-day birds evolved from feathered...
Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows: It's not a dire threat for most of us—yet
Phys.org· 7 days agoHeadlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has...