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First LookA man who lived like a badger, rats in pants, and other Ig Nobel winnersA Swedish entomologist who collected bugs for seven years, an Egyptian professor who dressed rats in pants, and a British researcher who lived in a badger den are among those honored for their quirky scientific achievements.
Were dinosaurs copycats? This ancient, domed skull suggests so.A 230-million-year-old reptile may have looked like a dinosaur, but it wasn't one. What can it tell us about evolutionary patterns?
First LookWhy does the equinox signal the start of fall?For hundreds of years, our ancestors celebrated the equinox as a cosmic marker of the changing seasons.
These fish sing only at night. But why?The male plainfin midshipman fish sing to woo their mates, but only in the dark of night. A new study may answer why these underwater love songs never grace the light of day.聽
First LookOut of Africa just once? DNA offers fresh look at humanity's family rootsNearly all modern Eurasians are descended from an out-of-Africa migration about 60,000 years ago, but some have genetic markers of earlier divergences, suggesting a more complex story.
First LookEn-Gedi scroll unfurled: How technology helped reveal an ancient biblical textScientists unfurled the previously unreadable En-Gedi scroll聽鈥� an ancient carbonized text 鈥� using computer technology. Could this technology open new windows on humanity's past?聽
Where did Australia's aboriginals come from? Genomic data reveals clues.Today's aboriginals are descended from the first humans to enter Australia, and they did it far earlier than scientists previously thought, a new DNA study reveals.
How a wobbly Earth may have drawn ancient migrants out of AfricaSmall changes in the Earth's tilt may have shifted the climate enough to drive a dispersal of ancient humans from their original native continent.
Musk's Mars colonization plan: Time to get real?On Tuesday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk is expected to unveil technical plans to colonize Mars. But will his approach square with international standards?- NASA orbiter reveals 'Shangri-La' on TitanNASA's Cassini orbiter has imaged a large, dark region with linear sand dunes on Saturn's biggest moon, Titan.
Pluto's heart: How did it get so frosty?Pluto's heart: Scientists have modeled the ice composition on the dwarf planet and have a theory now about why ice formed in the depths of the Pluto's iconic 'heart.'
First LookWhat's with those giant green space blobs? Telescopes give a hint.Lyman-alpha blobs glow a mysterious green in the night sky. Until now, astronomers didn't have an explanation for the phenomenon.
Chinese space station to plummet back to Earth, officials sayChina's first space station, the 9.4 ton Tiangong-1, will burn up in Earth's atmosphere sometime in the second half of next year, say Chinese officials.聽
Scientists reveal secret of this amazingly durable micro-critterHow does the world's most durable critter do it? New genome sequences for the microscopic tardigrade reveal the genetic basis of the creature's remarkable toughness.
First LookCan scientists create an AI that that sees, hears, and...understands?IBM and MIT will collaborate on the Laboratory for Brain-inspired Multimedia Machine Comprehension 鈥� a bid to help AI interpret what it sees and hears, the same way human beings do.
How quantum teleportation could help ensure online privacyPhysicists set a new quantum record this week, teleporting photons across several miles of fiber optic network.
First LookMalfunction delays Russia's next launch to space stationRussian space agency Roscosmos says that, due to technical reasons, it will be delaying plans to bring NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko up to the International Space Station on Sept. 23.
First LookApocalypse Cow: Will California bill cut gassy livestock emissions?A new California law will require the state's dairy industry to reduce the methane that comes from cow flatulence and manure.
First LookCalifornia's sea otter population makes a comebackFor the first time, the Monterey Bay Aquarium census is reporting that the southern sea otter population is higher than 3,090.- Mars may have been able to harbor life for longer than we thoughtMars had lakes as recently as 2 billion to 3 billion years ago, new research suggests, which is long after scientists believed it was warm enough to harbor liquid water.
