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Giraffes vs. Blue Whales vs. Dinosaurs: Contest Reveals Which One Builds Its Nervous System Fastest to Evade Predators

Douglas H. Smith, Jeffrey M. Rodgers, Jean-Pierre Dollé and Mathew J. Wedel

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Moth Wings Are Beautiful in Infrared Light

Daniel Lingenhöhl and Sasha Warren

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Readers Respond to the June 2022 Issue

See How a Parasite Travels from Tiny Crustacean to Fish to Bird

A tiny bug manipulates the behavior of its hosts to ensure its unlikely life cycle

Madhusree Mukerjee

Animals

Giraffes vs. Blue Whales vs. Dinosaurs: Contest Reveals Which One Builds Its Nervous System Fastest to Evade Predators

Douglas H. Smith, Jeffrey M. Rodgers, Jean-Pierre Dollé and Mathew J. Wedel

Biotech

Moth Wings Are Beautiful in Infrared Light

Daniel Lingenhöhl and Sasha Warren

Cognition

Readers Respond to the June 2022 Issue

Animals

These Spiders Use Their Webs like Huge, Silky Ears

Karen Hopkin

Genetics

Strange Tree Fern Has a Surprisingly Enormous Genome

Fionna M. D. Samuels

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The Purpose of Dolphins’ Mysterious Brain Net May Finally Be Understood

Daniel Leonard

Anatomy

Chewing Consumes a Surprising Amount of Energy

Christopher Intagliata

Genetics

Quantum Tunneling Makes DNA More Unstable

Lars Fischer and Gary Stix

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The Purpose of Dolphins’ Mysterious Brain Net May Finally Be Understood

Dolphins and whales experience a lot of pressure while swimming, and a “wonderful net” of blood vessels may protect their brain, new research shows

Your Body Has a Clever Way to Detect How Much Water You Should Drink Every Day

One brain region combines signals from your mouth, gut and blood

Chewing Consumes a Surprising Amount of Energy

Chomping on food takes so much energy that it shaped human evolution. Our ancestors spent many hours a day chewing, which may have shaped our teeth and jaws.

Christopher Intagliata

These Spiders Use Their Webs like Huge, Silky Ears

A study of orb-weaving spiders shows that the arachnids’ webs pick up a range of sounds—and that they are always “listening” for vibrations coming in over them...

Quantum Tunneling Makes DNA More Unstable

The freaky physics phenomenon of quantum tunneling may mutate genes

Lars Fischer and Gary Stix

Strange Tree Fern Has a Surprisingly Enormous Genome

A new study explores how the flying spider-monkey tree fern might hoard chromosomes

Fionna M. D. Samuels

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Ebola: What You Need to Know

As Ebola outbreaks occur again and again, the scramble for answers and medications is ongoing

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13,000 Crabs Crawl into a Museum (Collection)

The American Museum of Natural History recently received the life’s work of a professor in Minnesota—1,274 jars of crabs collected over decades from around the world.

August 31, 2022

Microbiology

Watch Countless Small Worlds Pulse: From Liquid Crystals to Sea Cucumbers

August 16, 2021

Dinosaurs

These Dinosaurs Had a Complicated Air Conditioner in Their Skull

July 21, 2021

Evolution

See the Beautiful Color of Rare Birds from Every Angle and in Three Dimensions

June 30, 2021

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What Is CRISPR, and Why Is It So Important?

June 22, 2021

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