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Nautilus ventures into the urban world to map the mysterious complexity of cities

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Whoever heard of a right-handed monkey?

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Space still harbors surprises aplenty, even with our rapidly evolving technologies

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These dogs have been living alongside humans for millennia

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Months of rescue efforts by influencers and millionaires may have just prolonged his death

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And mostly during months with an “R” in them

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The widespread trials and tribulations of mammal childbirth

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From an ancient brush with extinction came the big modern brain

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Centuries-old newspaper clippings from Sweden

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Bright lights in a dark world

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The human family tree gets more complicated

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Its femur was larger than most people

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We have a lot to learn about adaptability from a bird who evolved to swim

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Scientists keep knocking it down but it keeps roaring back

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And it’s here to help

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Jessica Riskin’s three greatest revelations while writing Power of Life

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Landfills are actually excellent places to beef up your lifetime list

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My underwater dive to discover whether the beautiful ocean organisms are ever coming back

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It was first spotted over the weekend

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A study finds the pungent bulb to be a real turn-off for them

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It’s more awake and alive to the outside world under anesthesia than we thought

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The rover took a break from geochemistry to take stock of itself

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New research is pointing to relief for out flattest-faced dogs

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The oldest evidence of successful dental surgery

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It’s the most detailed map of our universe’s architecture ever created

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It’s evolved far beyond a rotten apple

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New research in mice is shedding light on this paradox

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Weak science leads to bad forecasting and poor decision making

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The signatories, including more than 35 Nobel laureates, decry the “alarming attack on the ability of the US to engage in basic and applied research”

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Life leaves a pattern, not just a trace

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A conversation with a pediatrician about the first study to track paternal mortality

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The beauty of the blue ice belies a fragility exposed by human activity

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The blast scrubbed some of its own methane emissions from the atmosphere

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It’s the first documented case of the behavior in ants

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As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work

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How jellyfish in bycatch yield collagen for skin care, drug capsules, and nutritional supplements

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Their teeth tell the tale

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Deep beneath the volcanic island, scientists are trying to predict the next big one

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Considering connecting with cephalopods and plants might be just the thing for an exhausted mind

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It’s the largest ever sauropod discovered in the area

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And it’s in a group that includes our own Milky Way

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A conversation with paleobiologist Douglas Erwin about how novelty becomes true innovation in biological and cultural evolution

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