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Female monkeys use male "hired guns" to protect them from predators

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

Researchers develop underwater WiFi

The internet of things is going deep -- deep underwater, that is.

We can stop thousands of tons of pollution from reaching the ocean -- just by changing our laundry habits

It's a small change that can make a very big difference.

The bedrock under forests also affects carbon storage

Geology and biology, caught in a chemical dance.

A prolific French academic, author of hundreds of papers, doesn't exist. She's a form of protest

I'm always down for sticking it to the man a little.

Prehistoric tool found in puffin island rabbit hole

The island of Skokholm off the coast of Wales is well known for hosting thousands of puffins ever year. This time, it's something else.

White individuals tend to react positively when a Black person calls them "the N word", but that's not a reason to spew slurs

The word means different things in different contexts. It can be a racial slur, but it can also indicate a sense of belonging.

Our phones have their own microbial communities, just like us

You're never really alone; there's always a group of microbes along for the ride.

How much of our emissions come from agriculture?

The food on our plates is one of the main contributors to the ongoing climate crisis.

The oldest animal (that we know of) -- and it's not what you think

We're still not sure what the oldest animal on Earth is, but here are some potential contenders.

This is the first rib-eye steak that didn't require killing an animal

Delicious and cruelty-free meat.

Radars reveal Viking burial mounds and hundreds of mysteries in Norway

Snow and ice helped researchers find many Viking structures -- but the mystery still deepens.

Why over 1 million people watched a cheater play chess

A bizarre story of cheating, chess, and popular uproar, became the most watched chess event in modern history.

Do the coronavirus vaccines work on variants? Here's what we know so far

Things are encouraging, but there are also serious concerns.

Do COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility? No, they don't

According to researchers, there's no real reason for concern.

Six Ways Technology Is Changing Medical Practice

The future of healthcare is shaping up in front of our very eyes.

Timelapse reveals the hidden dance of roots -- and how mutant plants do it differently

Turns out, watching plants grow is actually quite interesting.

Researchers track zipping solar particles all the way to the Sun

They swooshed from the Sun, but they left a track behind.

Trickle-down economics just doesn't work, and this study shows it

Fifty years of tax cuts didn't really trickle down.

Want people to stop sharing fake news? Just make them reflect on what they're sharing

Social media is riddled with misleading stories. Researchers are zooming in on ways to address that.

Artificial Intelligence can debate and it's pretty good at it (but not as good as the best humans)

AI is ready to stop playing games and move on to other challenges.

Computation pioneers awarded 'Nobel of Mathematics'

The two mathematicians are true pioneers in their fields.

Ancient lightning could have sparked life on Earth

Lightning -- and not meteorites -- may have seeded life on Earth.

Some mushrooms can squeeze through tiny spaces, but they need to make sacrifices

The fastest-growing mushrooms can't do it, just the more resilient ones.

Researchers have just taught cyborg brains how to play Pong

The mini-brains were able to learn how to play the game faster than an AI.

Urban development and climate change to trigger severe urban floods

Urban floods are about to become that much worse.

Cheap plastics could soon be turned into sustainable fabrics

We need as many ways to get rid of plastic as possible.

"What is a bird" -- an entire museum captured inside a book

A rare mix of science and eye candy that will make you go "huh, I didn't know that" every other page.

Ten years after the earthquake that caused the Fukushima disaster, both Japan and the world are still reeling

What have we learned since the 2011 tragedy?

The oldest meteorite ever found is older than the Earth itself

It's so ancient it could help us understand the building blocks of planets.

Genetic analysis of ancient massacre shows people were killed indiscriminately

It's a dark episode in human history.

Scythians weren't the nomadic warriors many portray them as -- they also settled down

The study helps combat romantic ideas about this ancient population.

The earliest coastal wall shows humans were battling sea level rise in the Neolithic era

This ancient village fought against the sea.

That 'memory palace' thing? It actually works, a new study finds

The method used on 'Sherlock' has actually been used since Roman times, with great success.

Otters maintain patches of healthy kelp forests even when surrounded by "urchin barrens"

Sea otters hadn't been seen on the North California Coast since the 1880s -- but they're back to help protect the kelp forests.

No body required: sea slugs can regenerate new bodies from their severed heads alone

It's unlike anything that's been seen before.

How many people need to get vaccinated for COVID-19 herd immunity?

While still far away, herd immunity is now at least in sight.

A deep look at carbon capture and storage (CCS) and its role in the climate crisis

CCS (or carbon capture and storage) is one of the terms that often pops up in the climate debate -- and for good reason.

Puppy paws on the walls: ancient house featured unusual decorations

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Sardis found a 1,500 year-old-house in fantastic shape. Not only is the house excellently preserved, but its tiles were decorated with puppy prints and chicken decorations. It’s not as well-known as the likes of Athens or Rome, but in its heyday, the ancient city of Sardis would have rivalled […]

The invisible border that keeps vultures in Spain, not Portugal

"The Spanish-Portuguese border acts as a quasi-impermeable barrier", researchers note.

Climate change is making allergy season worse

Bad news for allergy sufferers: it's getting worse.

Atheists are just as ethical as believers, study shows -- they just prioritize different things

Believers value group cohesion, while atheists focus on the effects of their actions.

Pirate attacks are more frequent in areas with harmful fishing practices

Yes, piracy is still a problem -- and it goes hand in hand with bad or illegal fishing practices.

The longest known exposure photograph ever was captured using a beer can

It has an exposure time of 8 years.

Climate change brings multiple threats for European forests

The same is likely true for forests all around the world.

Australia's oldest cave painting is 17,000-year-old kangaroo art

I mean, what else could it be?

Microbial earthly life could survive on Mars, at least for a time

Human visitors to Mars could bring along numerous microscopic colonizers. That's both good and bad.

Quartz in ancient bird stomach sheds new light on what it would have eaten

A bizzare, never-before-seen form of preservation could shed new light on a primeval type of bird.

Boys who play video games seem to have lower depression risk -- but not girls

The relationship between video games and mental health is more complex than you thought.

Russian researchers want to study ancient viruses from the Siberian permafrost

A former Soviet bioware lab is investigating ancient permafrost viruses.

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