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Published Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs - Sleight-of-Hand Magic Trick Only Fools Monkeys with Opposable Thumbs


An illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason it...
Published Deceptive daisy's ability to create fake flies explained - Deceptive Daisy's Ability to Create Fake Flies Explained


Researchers have discovered how a South African daisy makes fake lady flies on its petals to trick m...
Published Plants can distinguish when touch starts and stops, study suggests - Plants Can Distinguish When Touch Starts and Stops, Study Suggests



Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has f...
Published When pigeons dream - When Pigeons Dream: Understanding the Sleep Patterns of Birds



Dreams have been considered a hallmark of human sleep for a long time. Latest findings, however, sug...
Published Water molecules define the materials around us - Water Molecules: The Defining Factor of the Materials Around Us



A new paper argues that materials like wood, bacteria, and fungi belong to a newly identified class...
Published The life below our feet: Team discovers microbes thriving in groundwater and producing oxygen in the dark - The Life Below Our Feet: Microbes Thriving in Groundwater and Producing Oxygen in the Dark



A survey of groundwater samples drawn from aquifers beneath more than 80,000 square miles of Canadia...
Published The Viking disease can be due to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals - The Viking Disease: Gene Variants Inherited from Neanderthals



Many men in northern Europe over the age of 60 suffer from the so-called Viking disease, which means...
Published 107-million-year-old pterosaur bones: Oldest in Australia - 107-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Bones: The Oldest in Australia



A team of researchers have confirmed that 107-million-year-old pterosaur bones discovered more than...
Published Newly discovered Jurassic fossils in Texas - Newly Discovered Jurassic Fossils in Texas



Scientists have filled a major gap in the state's fossil record -- describing the first known Jurass...
Published New tusk-analysis techniques reveal surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths - New Tusk-Analysis Techniques Reveal Surging Testosterone in Male Woolly Mammoths



Traces of sex hormones extracted from a woolly mammoth's tusk provide the first direct evidence that...