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    The picture of the new cochlear implant in this article shows a square piece that is to be implanted deeply into the inner ear. “Square peg in a round hole” was my response. Why doesn’t the probe have a more rounded shape? Yvonne LyerlaSonoma, Calif. Only the slender shaft attached to the square piece goes […]

    By Science News

  2. Sexual selection: Darwin does Jamaica

    A study of young Jamaicans dancing to pop music suggests that some of Darwin's ideas about animal courtship may apply to people.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Animals

    First maternal care filmed in squid

    At least one squid species turns out to be a caring mom after all, say researchers who filmed the creatures using remote-control cameras positioned deep in the Pacific Ocean.