Bonobos adept at nut cracking
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Genetic surgery is closer to reality
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A cosmic quandary, risks of hatching early and more reader feedback
Cosmic mismatchResearchers used supernovas, cosmic micr […]
Nuclear blasts, other human activity signal new epoch, group argues
Humankind’s bombs, plastics, chickens and more have alt […]
To make female pill bugs, just add bacterial genes
ORLANDO, Fla. — When sex chromosomes among common pill […]
Minuscule machines earn trio 2016 chemistry Nobel
The world’s most minuscule machines operate on the mole […]
One-celled life possessed tools for going multicellular
Scaling up from one cell to many may have been a small […]
Berries may give yellow woodpeckers a red dye job
To the bafflement of birders, yellow-shafted flickers ( […]
Mars lander debris spotted
The Schiaparelli Mars lander, missing in action since i […]
Mount St. Helens is a cold-hearted volcano
Below most volcanoes, Earth packs some serious deep hea […]