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Math minus Grammar: Number skills survive language losses
Three men who suffered left brain damage that undermined their capacity to speak and understand language still possessed a firm grip of mathematics.
- Earth
Nanosponges: Plastic particles pick up pollutants
Nanometer-scale polymer particles can extract pollutants from contaminated soil.
- Anthropology
Brain Size Surprise: All primates may share expanded frontal cortex
A new analysis of brains from a variety of mammal species indicates that frontal-cortex expansion has occurred in all primates, not just in people, as scientists have traditionally assumed.
- Physics
Identity Check: Elusive neutrinos morph on Earth, as in space
Strengthening a challenge to the prevailing theory of particle physics, measurements of elusive particles called antineutrinos from nuclear reactors suggest that no neutrino types, be they matter or antimatter, have stable identities.
- Paleontology
New Fossils Resolve Whale’s Origin
The first discovery of early whale fossils with key ankle bones intact provides compelling paleontological evidence that whales are closely related to many living ungulates, a relationship already supported by molecular data.
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Lopped Off
Removal of top predators trickles through the food web.
- Animals
Furry Friends Forever
Humans aren’t the only animals who benefit from having someone to count on.
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Mixed Results
Having the right blend of animal personalities can make or break a group
- Tech
When Networks Network
Once studied solo, systems display surprising behavior when they interact.
- Life
Scent Into Action
Rodent responses to a whiff of predator may offer clues to instinct in the brain.
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Avant-garde cave art
Paintings and animation date way back.
