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Ultramassive: as big as it gets: A black hole can consume anything in its path. These monsters can become huge — but perhaps only so huge.
Body In Mind: Long thought the province of the abstract, cognition may actually evolve as physical experiences and actions ignite mental life
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Built for Speed

Animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics — if only they would stay in their lanes.
Found in: Zoology
We all sing like fish

From opera singers to toadfish, vertebrates may use basically similar circuitry for controlling vocal muscles.
Found in: Biology, Life and Zoology
Brains for a change

Outsized brains may have sped up evolution of body size in birds.
Found in: Zoology
Young tasmanian devil moms

Tasmanian devils have started mating much earlier in response to an epidemic, called facial tumor disease, that is wiping out much of their population.
Found in: Biology, Ecology, Life and Zoology
Not-OK Coral

First big species audit finds coral extinction risks severely under-reported
Found in: Ecology, Environment, Life and Zoology
Embryos can learn visually

For cuttlefish embryos, what they see is what they'll crave as food later
Found in: Life and Zoology
Mighty mites

Mites that were thought to be parasites to their host wasps turn out to be bodyguards, attacking intruders.
Found in: Biology, Ecology and Zoology
Live fast, die young

With a lifespan of just five months, the chameleon Furcifer labordi leads a briefer life than any other land-dwelling vertebrate.
Found in: Biology, Ecology, Environment, Life and Zoology
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Blogs:

Science & the Public By Janet Raloff Oct 12th 2008

Columns:

Comment By Guest Columnists Oct 10th 2008

Math Trek By Julie Rehmeyer
The U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis. Oct 3rd 2008

SN Bookshelf:

Book Review: The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
Review by Tom Siegfried
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Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula by Jules G. Evens
Univ. of California, 2008, 366 p., $24.95
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