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A view accross farmland with a little water on the surface

Life

150-year-old zombie plants revived after excavating ghost ponds

Plant species from ghost ponds that were buried alive when agricultural land expanded can survive for hundreds of years

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Raven

Life

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

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brain artwork

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Smart but dumb: probing the mysteries of brainless intelligence

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A veery thrush in the midst of singing its swinging song

Life

Swinging birds play with rhythm like jazz musicians

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Fire ants building a tower

Life

Ants build living towers that flow like a fountain in reverse

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humpback whale feeding next a salmon hatchery

Life

Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

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Babies play in a daycare together. They play with blocks

Life

Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share

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lab worker

Life

The ethics issue: Should we let synthetic life forms loose?

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child awake in bed

Health

Children who sleep less may age faster at a cellular level

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Close-up of a mouse

Health

Old brains can’t hear similar sounds but a drug can change that

As we age, telling tones apart gets harder – which makes learning languages difficult. A drug that restores hearing in old mice may one day improve human hearing

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Health

The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer

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Health

Why your real age may be older – or younger – than your years

Features

Life

Chimps are not as superhumanly strong as we thought they were

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Life

Peruvian monkey avoids stomach trouble by adding mud to its diet

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