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  1. Animals

    Sad or afraid? Dogs may be able to read your face

    A new brain-imaging study suggests that dogs may be able to distinguish between certain negative human emotions just by looking at people’s faces.

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  2. Paleontology

    Heat-trapping asteroid dust may have incinerated the dinosaurs within hours  

    Within minutes of impact, debris began heating Earth’s atmosphere. Fine dust trapped that heat, potentially killing the dinosaurs quickly.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Bullfrogs may have an antidote to deadly shellfish poisoning

    Researchers injected mice with a protein derived from frogs to save them from the same kind of shellfish poisoning that affects people.

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  4. Animals

    Emperor penguin chicks like these starved. An iceberg may be the cause

    An emperor penguin colony in Antarctica saw a massive decline in chicks in 2025. The contours of a nearby grounded iceberg may have been the cause.

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  5. Animals

    Naked mole-rat queens rule their colonies with a potent odor

    A compound made only by breeding queens keeps naked mole-rat colonies infertile and free of conflict.

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  6. Animals

    ‘Cheating’ birds change their tune

    Female pied flycatchers can tell whether a male is paired or not based on song differences. Mated males sing shorter songs and repeat syllables less.

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  7. Animals

    A new monkey species has been found deep in Congo’s forests

    A canopy call, a partial photo and DNA revealed a new primate species — one that may already be at risk of extinction.

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  8. Animals

    Elephants can relearn how to live wild after years in captivity

    Researchers documented behavioral similarities between 11 rehabilitated elephants and their wild counterparts.

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  9. Animals

    ‘Forever chemicals’ could be aging dolphins beyond their years

    Common dolphins in New Zealand are biologically older than their calendar ages. Trace metals and “forever chemicals” may be to blame.

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