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  1. Animals

    Sumatran orangutans start crafting their engineering skills as infants

    By 6 months old, young orangutans are experimenting with construction materials, and by 6 years old, they are building platforms 20 meters in the air.

    By Elizabeth Anne Brown
  2. Health & Medicine

    Genetic analyses of the bird flu virus unveil its evolution and potential

    The H5N1 outbreak in cattle is giving flashbacks to the COVID pandemic. But this time is different.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Neuroscience

    How smart was T. rex?

    A debate over how to count neurons in dinosaurs is raising questions about how to understand extinct animals’ behavior.

    By Freda Kreier
  4. Paleontology

    How did an ancient shark parasite end up fossilized in tree resin?

    A worm preserved in 99-million-year-old amber resembles modern flatworms in shark intestines.