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Animals

Cuttlefish ink may overwhelm sharks’ sense of smell

The main component of common cuttlefish ink — melanin — strongly sticks to shark smell sensors, possibly explaining why the predators avoid ink.

By McKenzie Prillaman13 hours ago

A school of hardyhead silverside fish (Atherinomorus lacunosus) flees from four blacktip reef sharks near the shore of the Maldives in this aerial photo.

Animals

This bird’s eye view of a shark hunt won a photo contest

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Seven cows in a dairy barn facing the camera head on.

Health & Medicine

A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?

By McKenzie PrillamanFebruary 6, 2025

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Animals

How mantis shrimp deliver punishing blows without hurting themselves

By Jake BuehlerFebruary 6, 2025

An illustration of beds floating above the ground.

Health & Medicine

Sleeping pills may have unexpected effects on the snoozing brain

By Laura SandersFebruary 6, 2025

cooked eggs

Materials Science

The best way to cook an egg — in 32 minutes

By Bethany BrookshireFebruary 6, 2025

This photo shows four intact purple lumps and three that are halved open to reveal the interior of trufflelike fungi. A DNA analysis of the ancient poop of now-extinct moa reveals that the giant flightless birds ate these kind of fungi.

Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal

By Susan MiliusFebruary 6, 2025

Spotlight on Health

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Better male birth control is on the horizon

Men have two birth control options: condoms and vasectomies. Why has it taken so long to develop more contraceptives?

By Fred SchwallerJanuary 30, 2025
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A baboon with a laser dot on its face stares into a mirror staked into the ground in the wild. Another baboon sits besides it.

Wild baboons don’t recognize themselves in a mirror

In a lab test, chimps and orangutans can recognize their own reflection. But in the wild, baboons seemingly can’t do the same.

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Cricket frogs belly flop their way across water

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