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When Female Frogs Face the Mating Ball, They Pretend to Croak

Female frogs have evolved a variety of tactics to avoid the advances of overeager males, proving they’re not defenseless and…

Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu

A new study highlights both the promise and the limitations of gene editing, as a highly lethal form of avian…

Grizzlies Are Coming to Town. Can the West Live With Them?

Montana and its neighbors are adopting new strategies to deal with the increasing number of bears and attacks on humans.

The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast

The awards for physics and chemistry were a reminder that the most important processes in nature unfold on a scale…

Amazon Prepares for First Launch of Project Kuiper Satellites

The two prototype spacecraft will test systems to be used in a planned megaconstellation to provide internet service from orbit…

New Evidence That Ancient Footprints Push Back Human Arrival in North America

Following up a on study in 2021 of tracks found in New Mexico, researchers used more methods to bolster the…

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Land on Mars in 3 to 4 Years

The Latest Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said the company could land a spacecraft on Mars three to four…

Video Recordings Reveal the Scariest Sound on the Savanna

When confronted with recordings of human voices, 19 species fled instantly, while they were less frightened by lion sounds and…

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work With Quantum Dots

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov were selected for the prize for their discovery and development of the nanoparticles.

Same-Sex Behavior Evolved in Many Mammals to Reduce Conflict, Study Suggests

But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans.

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