A giant, prehistoric otter’s surprisingly powerful bite
Digital, 3-D reconstructions show the skulls -- including the jaws -- of the roughly 15-pound common otter Lutra lutra (left), and the roughly 110-pound...
Compiling a ‘dentist’s handbook’ for penis worms
Ottoia Teeth by Tom Harvey.
Credit: Tom Harvey
A new study of teeth belonging to a particularly phallic-looking creature has led to the compilation of a...
Fossil trove adds a new limb to human family tree
Skeletal fossils of the hand of Homo naledi pictured in the Wits bone vault at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the...
Chimpanzees Show Similar Personality Traits to Humans
Chimps (stock image). Chimpanzees have almost the same personality traits as humans, and they are structured almost identically.
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Chimpanzees have almost...
Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago
The fossils provide further evidence that early anthropoids were minuscule creatures.
Credit: Northern Illinois University
At Northern Illinois University, Dan Gebo opens a cabinet and pulls...
Missing piece surfaces in the puzzle of autism
Image of mature neurons (in red) in the hippocampus expressing the MOCOS protein (in green), the enzyme involved in purine metabolism, oxidative stress and...
Same genes drive mathematics and reading ability
About half of the genes that influence how well a child can read also play a role in their mathematics ability, say scientists who...
Genetics and environment work together to help people become accomplished musicians, study finds
Violinist (stock image). “The nature vs. nurture debate has raged since the beginning of psychology,” said Zach Hambrick, MSU professor of psychology. “This makes...
Is beauty really in the ‘eye of the beholder’? Yes, and here’s why
Beyond limited shared preferences, people really do have different "types."
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Many of us have had the experience of disagreeing with...
Large twin study suggests that language delay due more to nature than nurture
University of Kansas Distinguished Professor Mabel Rice directs a longitudinal study of language development in 1,000 sets of Australian twins from birth through adolescence.
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Twin study finds genetics affects where children look, shaping mental development
Two lines captured with eye-tracking technology show that twins will follow a similar pattern with their eyes when shown the same image.
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