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Meet the amazing cloned monkeys

June 14, 2018

Meet the amazing cloned monkeys

It's been about six months since a pair of cloned female macaques were brought into this world by a team of Chinese scientists.

Giant, terrifying viruses invent their own genes

June 13, 2018

Giant, terrifying viruses invent their own genes

Giant viruses may invent genes and proteins found nowhere else on Earth, new research suggests.

Sinkholes leave Florida neighborhood looking like cratered wasteland

June 6, 2018

Sinkholes leave Florida neighborhood looking like cratered wasteland

For a Florida homeowner, few things are more anxiety-inducing than the sight of a sinkhole.

You can actually have two sets of DNA

June 4, 2018

You can actually have two sets of DNA

Read enough books on the body and you’ll find that reality is much stranger than any sci-fi series. Take the chimera chapter in science writer Carl Zimmer’s sprawling new treatise on heritability, “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh” (Dutton) for example.

A major physics experiment just detected a particle that shouldn't exist

June 4, 2018

A major physics experiment just detected a particle that shouldn't exist

Scientists have produced the firmest evidence yet of so-called sterile neutrinos, mysterious particles that pass through matter without interacting with it at all.

When men almost became extinct

May 31, 2018

When men almost became extinct

Genetics can reveal many buried secrets. An extramarital dalliance. The origins of our ancestors. In this case, it may have revealed that men almost exterminated themselves some 7000 years ago.

Florida man splashes water at manatees, lands in jail

May 1, 2018

Florida man splashes water at manatees, lands in jail

A Florida fisherman learned a valuable lesson last week: Don't mess with a manatee.

'Fire rainbow' spotted over Pinnacles National Park in California

April 27, 2018

'Fire rainbow' spotted over Pinnacles National Park in California

A runner spotted a “fire rainbow” over Pinnacles National Park in California, the National Weather Service, Bay Area announced on Wednesday.

Ultrasound found the secret of a people who dive deep

April 20, 2018

Ultrasound found the secret of a people who dive deep

"They are simply a stranger to the land," an anthropologist says of Southeast Asia's Bajau people, and a new study shows their bodies have changed to account for that.

Stephen Hawking laid to rest, honored by friends and colleagues

March 31, 2018

Stephen Hawking laid to rest, honored by friends and colleagues

Famed British scientist Stephen Hawking was laid to rest Saturday during a private funeral in Cambridge attended by some 500 people.