Environment
Ants build living towers that flow like a fountain in reverse
The rules that guide fire ants to make tall towers with their own bodies could be applied to miniature search-and-rescue robots
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Humans
Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share
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Environment
The ethics issue: Should we let synthetic life forms loose?
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Health
Old brains can’t hear similar sounds but a drug can change that
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Health
The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer
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Why your real age may be older – or younger – than your years
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Humans
Chimps are not as superhumanly strong as we thought they were
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Life
Peruvian monkey avoids stomach trouble by adding mud to its diet
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Health
Synthetic iris could let cameras react to light like our eyes do
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Earth
Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here
The survival of ancient and unique species thriving in mountain lakes in central Italy have been threatened by a double whammy of a quake and climate change
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Health
Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearablesÂ
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Environment
LA’s endangered pumas to be saved by a $60m bridge over highway
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Environment
Talk radio puts pumas off their meals so they may kill more deer
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Earth
World’s largest annual wildlife drowning boosts river ecosystem
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