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Keeping track of what we reveal about ourselves each day—through email and text messages, Amazon…

Ew, boys! A species of spider monkey has been found to live in strictly sexually…

Whether we realize it, African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are listening to us. The pachyderms can…

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is used in a wide variety of consumer…

A new brain-imaging study of mankind’s best friend has found a striking similarity in how…

There is no biological cure for deafness—yet. We detect sound using sensory cells sporting microscopic…

Why does a mouse’s heart beat about the same number of times in its lifetime…

Fairness may have darker evolutionary roots than expected, a new study suggests. Rather than evolving…

For the first time, scientists at King’s College London have identified a gene linking the…

Although infants use their memories to learn new information, few adults can remember events in…

“Where do new genes come from?” is a long-standing question in genetics and evolutionary biology….