Left To Their Own Devices, Robots Evolve Into Diverse Populations
There are a few different ways you can study evolution. You could live for months at a time in a tent on tiny island with an isolated population and no fresh water. Or you…
View ArticleWinter Weather Brings Summer's Buggy Pests
The only bad thing about the frigid chill of winter getting lifted off the northern hemisphere is that the long warm days herald the arrival of blood-sucking demons sent…
View ArticleDo Mice Really Adore Cheese?
In many people's minds, mice are cheese junkies, thanks, in no small part, to watching endless hours of Tom and Jerry cartoons. But in reality, mice are optimal foragers,…
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Prairie Voles Show Empathy Just Like Humans
Zack JohnsonPrairie voles consoling.Life on Earth for a prairie vole is a rough one. Across the dry and windswept grasslands of the Central United States and Canada they stake their claim, rummaging on...
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The U.S. Government Is Betting $28 Million That We Can Replicate The Brain
HarvardA partial digital reconstruction of the brain previously made by Harvard.We've talkeda lotabout makinga computer thatworks likethe mammalian brain.The U.S. government is now betting $28 million...
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'Super Sniffer' Mice Engineered For Ultra-Powerful Sense of Smell
Animals Designed to sniff out explosives or disease “Super sniffer” mice have extra sensors for certain smells, and could one day sniff out explosives, smuggled cargo, or illness.
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How Rats Got From Mongolia To New York City Subway Tunnels
Animals Geneticists trace the brown rat's path to world domination A team of researchers from Fordham University conducted the first ever large-scale genomic study of the brown rat, and created a...
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How to get rid of mice
DIY Protect your house from vermin Everything you need to know about mouse control…
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Prairie Voles Show Empathy Just Like Humans
Animals You can't spell LOVE without VOLE A group of scientists from Emory University have discovered that the tiny voles console others in distress, proving that humans and other large brained...
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The U.S. Government Is Betting $28 Million That We Can Replicate The Brain
Technology The great reverse engineering expedition Harvard just got $28 million to look at the brain, but will it make computers smarter? Harvard just got $28 million to look at the brain, but will...
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'Super Sniffer' Mice Engineered For Ultra-Powerful Sense of Smell
Animals Designed to sniff out explosives or disease “Super sniffer” mice have extra sensors for certain smells, and could one day sniff out explosives, smuggled cargo, or illness.
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How Rats Got From Mongolia To New York City Subway Tunnels
Animals Geneticists trace the brown rat's path to world domination A team of researchers from Fordham University conducted the first ever large-scale genomic study of the brown rat, and created a...
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How to get rid of mice
DIY Protect your house from vermin Everything you need to know about mouse control…
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Yes, you can still get the bubonic plague. Here's what to look out for.
Health It's less terrifying than you might think. When headlines proclaim that the bubonic plague is alive in Arizona (or New Mexico, or wherever) it feels like some archaic monster has risen from the...
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Elusive, unusually large tree-dwelling rodent discovered in the Solomon Islands
Animals But they're already in trouble. Shut up Westley. Rodents of Unusual Size absolutely do exist. Scientists discovered a new species of giant rat in the Solomon Islands.
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Autumn isn’t cold enough to kill bugs anymore—find out what pests will...
Environment Pumpkin spice and mosquito bites. A warmer than average summer combined with predictions for a warm fall means that pests might be coming to get you.
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If we shrink national monuments, science will suffer
Environment Badass crocodile bones are at risk. Popular Science spoke to three scientists about their research—and their concerns about how cuts to Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase will affect it.
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