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  1. Science & Society

    March for Science will take scientists’ activism to a new level

    The March for Science may be the first of its kind, science historians say.

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  2. Archaeology

    How the house mouse tamed itself

    When people began to settle down, animals followed. Some made successful auditions as our domesticated species. Others — like mice — became our vermin, a new study shows.

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  3. Animals

    An echidna’s to-do list: Sleep. Eat. Dig up Australia.

    Short-beaked echidna’s to-do list looks good for a continent losing other digging mammals.

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  4. Animals

    Dog brains divide language tasks much like humans do

    Dogs understand what we say separately from how we say it.

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  5. Animals

    Big cats hunt livestock when wild prey is scarce

    Lions, tigers and other big cats tend to hunt livestock only after their wild prey has dropped in availability, a new study shows.

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  6. Life

    Fido and Fluffy could unleash drug-resistant microbes

    After discovering resistant microbes in pets, scientists worry about the role of companion animals in the spread of resistant urinary infections.

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  7. Life

    Cats versus viruses: Arms race goes back millennia

    A special protein has been protecting cats from feline AIDS for at least 60,000 years, genetic analysis suggests.

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  8. Animals

    Cat-versus-virus arms race goes back millennia

    Researchers have found evidence of an ancient arms race between Felis silvestris catus, the species familiar today as the domestic cat, and feline immuno­deficiency virus.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Birth control research is moving beyond the pill

    After decades of research, reproductive biologists are on the verge of developing new birth control options that stop sperm from maturing or save a woman's eggs for later.

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  10. Anthropology

    Ancient hominids used wooden spears to fend off big cats

    Saber-toothed cat remains suggest ancient hominids used wooden spears as defensive weapons.

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  11. Psychology

    The guilty pleasure of funny cat videos

    Many people love posting and looking at cute kitty content online. A new survey shows that this could be because it helps us manage our emotions.

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  12. Animals

    These lizards bleed green

    Blood and bones turn naturally green in island lizards. Their evolutionary history still needs explaining.

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