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Legendary cartoonist John Groth’s pictorial map captures LA’s film factories in their Golden Age.
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
Your cat thinks your taste stinks. Also that you’re mingy with the laser pointer.
Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.
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What a group of orphaned elephants can teach us about emotion and learned social skills.
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The loss of elephants accelerates climate change.
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With the ivory trade on the decline, poachers have been capitalizing on a new, disturbing trend.
Researchers think they know how a group of ancient sloths, who died thousands of years ago in Ecuador, met their untimely end.
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The mismatch between theory and experiment is anything but certain. The most exciting moments in a scientist’s life occur when you get a result that defies your expectations. Whether you’re a […]
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Life forms on Earth are wildly varied, but scientists discover a single formula that predicts every one’s life cycle.
A transformational tool for the future of the world.
Most captive elephants are kept under immensely cruel conditions. In Myanmar, they’re treated differently.
“I was so moved when I saw the cells stir,” said 90-year-old study co-author Akira Iritani. “I’d been hoping for this for 20 years.”
New technology offers us a look at the green future of aviation and cargo shipping.
The choice of flavor may be up to you, but the number of scoops will depend on your friends.
She’s not held back by other animals’ numeracy limitations.
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Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.
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Zizek is on the left and dislikes political correctness. How does that work out?
It’s absolutely true that atoms are mostly empty space. But removing even that empty space is impossible, and this is why. If you were to take any object in the Universe […]