Scientific American
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Baby chicks pass the ‘bouba-kiki’ test, challenging a theory of language evolution
Newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect
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Cats’ cancer genes show striking similarity to humans’
Researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats and found remarkable parallels with human and dog cancers
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Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell
Spinosaurus mirabiliswas a force to be reckoned with
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The Kuiper Belt is packed with weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why
A study published today helps explain how “planetesimals”—the building blocks of planets—came to be
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China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine
This gravity-defying machine appears to work much like a ground-based wind turbine—but in the air