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Human vs. Chimp Brains

September 11, 2012

DNA modifications in chimp brains may help protect them from cancer.

September 10, 2012

Peacocks communicate with sounds that fall below the range of human hearing.

September 7, 2012

By manipulating how plants respond to the shorter days in the fall, researchers hope to get crops to …

September 6, 2012

Chimps exhibit many human-like social behaviors, but punishing the crimes of others isn't one of …

September 5, 2012

A drug called (+)-naloxone blocks the brain’s addiction to heroin and other opiates.

September 4, 2012

An experiment with helium shows that gibbons can manipulate their vocal tracts like expert opera …

September 3, 2012

Some people in the remote Peruvian Amazon have developed antibodies to rabies.

August 31, 2012

A strange looking tropical plant is helping researchers understand the life-cycle of the cell.

August 30, 2012

People trust products more when precise language is used to market them.

August 29, 2012

The Earth Microbiome Project is an unprecedented effort to study microbial communities around the …

August 28, 2012

Quantum computing harnesses strange properties of atoms and particles and could revolutionize the …

August 27, 2012

If you consume something too rapidly, you may enjoy it less than if you space out consumption.