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Learn how grunts, whimpers, and laughter helped researchers uncover chimpanzee accents that differ between communities.

Hawaiʻi Students Help Name a Pair of Merging Galaxies More Than 200 Million Light-Years Away

30,000-Year-Old Fossils Reveal the “American Cheetah” Was Actually More Like a Puma

Octopus Clinging to a Risso’s Dolphin May Offer Clues to Southwest England’s Remarkable Octopus Boom

Cannabis Use Linked to Stroke Risk, an Invasive Spider in Georgia, and How Nancy Grace Roman Became the Namesake of NASA's New Telescope

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DNA From a Deadly Sheep Virus Survived for Centuries Beneath Medieval Ink

Gloved researcher examines dried psilocybin mushrooms with a magnifying glass.

Two Doses of Psilocybin Protected Mice From Nerve Damage Through Six Chemotherapy Cycles

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Swelling on an Iguanodon Shinbone May Reveal the First Known Infected Ulcer in a Dinosaur

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People With Lung Cancer Had Higher Levels of Microplastics in Their Lungs

Severe flooding in Nepal

Satellite Radar Detected a Himalayan Slope Accelerating Weeks Before Nepal's Catastrophic Flood

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A Newly Discovered ‘Devil Flower’ Hides Beneath the Forest Floor Before Emerging With Black Petals and Demon-Like Eyes

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Hubble Images Uncover Massive 10-Sided Wave Brewing at Saturn's South Pole

ssorted animal bones, including jaw fragments, vertebrae, and long bones.

Medieval Farmers Kept Their Cattle Alive Longer Than Expected, Until Horses Took Over

The rocky entrance to Liang Bua cave on Flores, Indonesia, surrounded by tropical trees.

At Least 60,000 Years Ago, the “Hobbit” of Flores Walked Upright With Human-Like Hips, Despite One Unusual Pelvic Bone

Someone smelling a bad odor in someone else's house

Nose Blindness Can Prevent You From Smelling Some Odors in Your Home — Here's Why

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Storytelling Around Ancient Campfires May Have Shaped Human Language

Weathered ancient stone surface carved with Latin inscriptions.

120 Ancient Inscriptions Suggest Roman Women Gathered Deep Underground to Worship 'the Lady'

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