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Without a strong scientific foundation, urban design theory may find itself extinct within the coming decades
New research on song sparrows offers a new take on bird-beak evolution that is more nuanced than earlier ideas based on finch studies
Is your store-bought frog carrying a deadly secret?
A 17-year-long study upends the most common evolutionary explanation of female infidelity
Differences in developmental timing may have given birds their big eyes, big brains and smaller size
Prestigious award recognizes seven researchers for their pioneering contributions to nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics
Mice whose sleep patterns were altered had more difficulties conceiving and carrying pregnancies to term. The findings may have implications for women trying to conceive
New research digs up the underlying rules governing the shape of subway systems across the world
Is colony collapse disorder just the visible part of a "global pollinator crisis"? The answer is surprisingly murky. To help answer the question, scientists have created an inexpensive, nationwide wild bee monitoring program
Traffic injuries are four to six times higher in low-income areas of Montreal, compared with wealthy neighborhoods. Researchers find that better road designs could reduce those disparities
Before urban planning, street patterns emerged organically. Understanding the fundamental and man-made forces behind the growth of streetscapes could help guide the development of today's cities
The structural integrity of the foods we eat is often based on unhealthy saturated fats. New research may allow food scientists to remove the bad fats without destroying texture
How insect sperm team up to navigate complicated female reproductive tracts
Human eyeballs may have grown larger as populations migrated farther and farther from the equator, an eye-socket analysis shows
City dwellers may regard pigeons as pests, but they are among the most beautiful and divergent of all bird species
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