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Child chickens seem to react equally to people when examined for one thing referred to as the “bouba-kiki impact,” which hyperlinks sure sounds to sure shapes. Elena Goncharova/Getty Pictures disguise …

Mary-Jane Rubenstein, a scholar of religion at Wesleyan University, presents a thorough diagnosis of this exact pathology in her 2022 book Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race, …

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Maybe you’ve seen the T-shirts or …

Samples and DNA extraction We initially selected 1,064 samples from the 1kGP collection, sourcing genomic DNA from Coriell and discarding low-quality DNA. The study complied with all relevant regulations for …

There are many ways to test the intelligence of an artificial intelligence—conversational fluidity, reading comprehension or mind-bendingly difficult physics. But some of the tests that are most likely to stump …

While humans can regularly replace certain cells, like those in our blood and gut, we cannot naturally regrow most other parts of the body. For example, when the tiny sensory …

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. We’re wrapping up our week of summer reruns with one of my absolute favorite Science Quickly episodes. Back in October, …

If your cat’s sulking, your dog’s whining or your rabbit’s doing that strange thing with its paws again, you will recognise that familiar pang of guilt shared by most other …

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. This is the final episode of our three-part series on bird flu. (You can listen to episode one here and …

But the full picture is not so simple. Weight loss isn’t always healthy and neither is restricting your calorie intake, especially if your BMI is low to begin with. Some …