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Human hearts have evolved for endurance, and we need it to stay healthy, suggests a new study comparing the hearts of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas, which found the human heart can change shape to reflect more of a chimplike structure when people don’t do endurance exercise.

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There's actually some evidence for sapiosexuality — an attraction to intelligence.

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One in every 3600 people met the standard for inbreeding, meaning their parents were likely either first-degree or second-degree relatives, in a study that sifted through some 450,000 genomes from people of European ancestry

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Humans lived inland in North America 1,000 years before scientists suspected

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Researchers say they've identified 14 molecules in blood that are tied to dying from any cause, and that a score based on the molecules can predict risk of death over a 5- or 10-year period

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Half of neanderthals had surfer's ear in a new study of 23 skulls found in Europe and southwest Asia

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Legends surround the Himalayas' Skeleton Lake, where hundreds of skeletons, many killed by blunt force, are strewn about at 16,000 feet above sea level

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Mircroplastics are falling along with snow all around the world

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Audiobooks vs. reading may not matter to our brains. Scientists scanned 9 people's brains as they read and listened to tales from The Moth Radio Hour

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Heat Will Kill Thousands in Chinese Cities Each Year From Climate Change: New models project 50 to 67 people per million would die from heat-related causes if climate change was kept under 1.5 degrees C

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A cockatoo named Snowball has a repertoire of 14 dance moves, reports a new study, that are not from imitating human movements

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Scientists report restoring forests could cut atmospheric carbon by 25 percent, in a new study that assessed tree cover using Google Earth, finding that there’s 0.9 billion hectares of land available for planting forests…

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Analysis of 90,000 survey responses from 23 countries indicates 'Big Five' personality traits don't hold up in much of the world

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Cigarette smoking is tied to personality changes

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Bonobos get their iodine from swampy plants, and ancient humans might have as well, suggests a new study, which found bonobos wade through swamps searching for rushes and lilies which contain nearly as much iodine as seaweed, and may be how early hominins in central Africa got enough iodine.

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Oyster shells, the part known as mother-of-pearl, inspire scientists to create glass that’s much harder to shatter

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Honeybees can add, understand zero and recognize numerical symbols

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Study shows that Trump’s new “Affordable Clean Energy” rule will lead to more CO2 emissions, not fewer

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New compound successfully removes uranium from mouse bones and kidneys, reports a new study, that could someday help treat radiation poisoning from the element uranium.

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Honeybees can grasp the concept of numerical symbols, finds a new study

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Humans’ ability to hear harmonic sounds may set us apart from other primates, suggests a new study

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Despite growing public health concerns about processed meat consumption, there have been no changes in the amount of processed meat consumed by US adults over the last 18 years…

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Elephant poaching is decreasing as ivory demand slows, suggests a new study

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires now covers millions of square miles — and is visible from a million miles away

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A billion-dollar dredging project that wrapped up in 2015 killed off more than half of the coral population in the Port of Miami, finds a new study, that estimated that over half a million corals were killed in the two years following the Port Miami Deep Dredge project.

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Human hearts have evolved for endurance, and we need it to stay healthy, suggests a new study comparing the hearts of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas, which found the human heart can change shape to reflect more of a chimplike structure when people don’t do endurance exercise.

The death of a prominent scientist can actually help their field

Scientists used CRISPR to create albino lizards - the first-ever gene-edited reptiles

There's actually some evidence for sapiosexuality — an attraction to intelligence.

Football players taking one bad hit can suffer lasting brain health consequences

One in every 3600 people met the standard for inbreeding, meaning their parents were likely either first-degree or second-degree relatives, in a study that sifted through some 450,000 genomes from people of European ancestry

Fairy wrens teach familial ‘passwords’ to their unborn chicks (2012)

Humans lived inland in North America 1,000 years before scientists suspected

Researchers say they've identified 14 molecules in blood that are tied to dying from any cause, and that a score based on the molecules can predict risk of death over a 5- or 10-year period

Half of neanderthals had surfer's ear in a new study of 23 skulls found in Europe and southwest Asia

Scientists have made a tiny snake-like robot designed to slither through veins in our brains

Legends surround the Himalayas' Skeleton Lake, where hundreds of skeletons, many killed by blunt force, are strewn about at 16,000 feet above sea level

Mircroplastics are falling along with snow all around the world

Audiobooks vs. reading may not matter to our brains. Scientists scanned 9 people's brains as they read and listened to tales from The Moth Radio Hour

Heat Will Kill Thousands in Chinese Cities Each Year From Climate Change: New models project 50 to 67 people per million would die from heat-related causes if climate change was kept under 1.5 degrees C

A cockatoo named Snowball has a repertoire of 14 dance moves, reports a new study, that are not from imitating human movements

Scientists report restoring forests could cut atmospheric carbon by 25 percent, in a new study that assessed tree cover using Google Earth, finding that there’s 0.9 billion hectares of land available for planting forests…

Analysis of 90,000 survey responses from 23 countries indicates 'Big Five' personality traits don't hold up in much of the world

Cigarette smoking is tied to personality changes

Bonobos get their iodine from swampy plants, and ancient humans might have as well, suggests a new study, which found bonobos wade through swamps searching for rushes and lilies which contain nearly as much iodine as seaweed, and may be how early hominins in central Africa got enough iodine.

Oyster shells, the part known as mother-of-pearl, inspire scientists to create glass that’s much harder to shatter

Honeybees can add, understand zero and recognize numerical symbols

Study shows that Trump’s new “Affordable Clean Energy” rule will lead to more CO2 emissions, not fewer

New compound successfully removes uranium from mouse bones and kidneys, reports a new study, that could someday help treat radiation poisoning from the element uranium.

Honeybees can grasp the concept of numerical symbols, finds a new study

Humans’ ability to hear harmonic sounds may set us apart from other primates, suggests a new study

Despite growing public health concerns about processed meat consumption, there have been no changes in the amount of processed meat consumed by US adults over the last 18 years…

Elephant poaching is decreasing as ivory demand slows, suggests a new study

Smoke from Canadian wildfires now covers millions of square miles — and is visible from a million miles away

A billion-dollar dredging project that wrapped up in 2015 killed off more than half of the coral population in the Port of Miami, finds a new study, that estimated that over half a million corals were killed in the two years following the Port Miami Deep Dredge project.