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  1. Life

    Giant beavers had hidden vocal talents

    With air passageways in its skull like no other animal known, an extinct outsized rodent may have made sound all its own.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Psychology

    Skateboarders rock physics

    Skateboarding develops intuition about slope speeds unavailable to most people.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Psychology

    ‘Gorilla man’ goes unheard

    Paying attention to what others say can make listeners totally unaware of unexpected sounds.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Health & Medicine

    First brain image of a dream created

    Feat opens the door to probing the stuff of nocturnal dramas.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Chemistry

    Headache tree is a pain in the brain

    Following a gardener’s lead, researchers discover an ingredient in bay laurel that causes uncomfortable swelling of cranial blood vessels.