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Hedges Do Way More Than Block Your View
They also link ecosystems together, supporting thousands of species.
November 13, 2021
Gordon Scammell / Loop / Universal / Getty Spiders Play All Sorts of Mind Games
Arachnids are proof that animals don't need big brains to be brilliant.
November 6, 2021
Julio Bonfante / Getty The Animal Kingdom Is Full of Genetic Screwballs
All sorts of creatures jettison parts of their own DNA, and scientists have no idea why.
October 24, 2021
vexedart / Alamy In Some Places, People Talk in Whistles Louder Than Car Horns
More than 80 communities around the world have turned entire languages into whistles as a way to communicate over long distances.
August 20, 2021
Sarah Andrews / AP Near-Death Experiences Can Scar Animals for Life
Humans may not be the only creatures who get PTSD.
August 14, 2021
Tom Brakefield / Getty How Do We Know What Ancient People Ate? Their Dirty Dishes.
New scientific techniques have turned ancient food into less of a mystery.
July 24, 2021
Enver-Hirsch / Wien Museum And You Thought Your Blood Pressure Was High?
Giraffes’ blood pressure is double that of most humans, but it doesn’t seem to faze them at all.
May 22, 2021
Tony Karumba / AFP /Getty 
Taro Yamasaki / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty So Much Hinges on the Existence of Ancient Black Holes
If real, these massive, invisible objects could help unravel the mystery of dark matter.
April 22, 2021
NASA So What’s the Point of Playtime?
Scientists think it’s valuable, but they’re not quite sure why.
April 3, 2021
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