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Like humans, insects communicate with each other by “telephone” and can even leave messages, according to Dutch researchers. No special electronics are needed because the bugs literally use green...
View ArticleAlan Alda’s Challenge to Scientists
Professor Alan Alda (Photo: Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University) Alan Alda, the internationally famous TV/movie actor, director and writer, is looking for answers to a question...
View ArticleDogs Communicate with Wag of a Tail
(Bill McChesney via Creative Commons @ Flickr) The direction in which a dog wags its tail can communicate its emotional state to other canines, according to a new study published in Current Biology....
View ArticleAncient Toolmaking Roused Humanity’s Need for Language
Examples of Oldowan chopper tools from Melka Kunture, Ethiopia (Didier Descouens/Wikimedia Commons) A couple of million years ago our ancient human ancestors created the world’s first tools when they...
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Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (CDC/Frederick Murphy) Ebola Antibodies Could Lead to Effective...
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