Elephant Roundup
A herd of endangered elephants went into hiding--and has recently been found.
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Making sounds morph, a lost herd of elephants, twins' secret languages, runaway carbon emissions, and the marriage-obesity connection.
Helpful Cows Roundup
Some dairy cows naturally make skim milk, and manure could be a source of ethanol.
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The dinosaur extinction may have been stinky, carbon emission rates may be worse than was thought, wild wheat plants itself, a cow with naturally skim milk, and what sound sounds like on other planets.
Mosquito Roundup
A promising new treatment for malaria is based on an ancient herbal remedy.
Navigation Roundup
Many animals find their way home the same way a Boy Scout would: with a compass.
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The Darfur region has an ancient underground lake, animals navigate with internal compasses, what plants would look like on other planets, why offering too many choices is bad marketing, and why kids have temper tantrums.
Animal Genes Roundup
One gene can determine whether a mouse is a wallflower or a party animal.
Cuddly Arachnids
A fearsome-looking relative of spiders and scorpions has a surprisingly gentle side.
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Life-and-death decisions from computers, video games are good and bad, seeing red hurts test scores, Dr. Tatiana on animal sex, and the link between obesity and puberty in girls.
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Deciphering the calls of blue whales, genetic tests for mental conditions, a three-way symbiotic relationship, studying tear film, and the truth about tanning beds.
Blue Whale Talk
Scientists have matched blue whales' calls to some behaviors.
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The call of a rare bird, marijuana-like brain chemicals, the Earth without a tilt, using measles to fight cancer, and making public aquariums accessible to the blind.
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Why rainbows are round (yes, round), ultraviolet light is an aphrodesiac to jumping spiders, getting rid of interior rattles in cars, senior citizens are less reliable crime eyewitnesses, and why some medical studies are more likely to get refuted.
UV Light & Spider Sex
A type of spider uses ultraviolet light in its mating game.
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Where insects go in winter, winged dinosaurs, fish that cannibalize their young, calculating the value of polio vaccinaton, and mining can cause earthquakes.
Fish Cannibals
For one fish species, cannibalism is the solution to a paternity question.
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Small distractions could be big trouble, the effects of cell phone waves on our health, how nature cleans itself, eels and grouper hunt together, and squirrels and spruce trees outwit each other for seeds.
Squirrel v. Spruce
Seeds are the prize in an epic evolutionary struggle.
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An update to the stethoscope, why fevers may be healthy, how whales' brains are like ours, making robots from DNA, and lessons from the fat and skinny genes.