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2,697 results for: Monkeys

  1. Animals

    Face Smarts

    Macaques, sheep and even wasps may join people as masters at facial recognition.

    By Susan Milius

  2. Early Arrival

    Premature puberty among girls poses scientific puzzle.

    By Laura Beil
  3. Humans

    Bionic women (and men) get closer to reality

    Prosthetics and new therapies restore abilities to move, see, walk.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Neuroscience

    Your social brain

    Nerve cells notice mistakes and learn from others’ desires.

    By Laura Sanders

  5. New species of the year

    More creatures, less Latin used to describe them.

    By Susan Milius

  6. Evolving E. coli

    25-year experiment sees real-time natural selection.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Health & Medicine

    Little Mind Benders

    Parasites that sneak into the brain may alter your behavior and health.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Humans

    Urban Eyes

    Too much time spent indoors may be behind a surge in nearsightedness.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Humans

    Of Mice and Man

    The lab mouse is being remodeled to better mimic how humans respond to disease.

    By Susan Gaidos
  10. Animals

    A Different Kind of Smart

    Animals’ cognitive shortcomings are as revealing as their genius.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Life

    View to a cell

    In 2013, Science News published a photo essay highlighting advances in microscopy that illuminate life within us, work that has now earned three researchers the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  12. Humans

    Letters from the January 29, 2005, issue of Science News

    Check it out In “Profiles in Melancholy, Resilience: Abused kids react to genetics, adult support” (SN: 11/20/04, p. 323), you report on a study in which it was found that female monkeys raised in a stressful situation drink alcohol to excess only if they possess just the short serotonin-transporter gene. If a positive correlation were […]

    By Science News