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Monkeys heed neural calls of the wild
A part of the brain that's involved in sound processing shows pronounced activity when rhesus monkeys hear their comrades vocalizing but not when the same animals hear other sounds.
By Bruce Bower -
AstronomyPoof goes an atmosphere
Blasted by the heat and radiation from its parent star, a planet 150 light-years from Earth is literally blowing off its atmosphere.
By Ron Cowen -
Bacteria do the twist
A newly identified bacterial protein generates the sinuous shapes of some bacteria.
By John Travis -
TechDiagnosing the Developing World
Researchers are learning how to adapt sophisticated technologies to meet the health-care needs of the developing world.