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Elephants give each other names — the 1st non-human animals...
Elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park appear to call to each other with individual names using low, complex "rumbles," a study...
'Magical' Roman wind chime with phallus, believed to ward...
Phallic objects like this were common in the Roman world to ward off evil.
'It's really quite remarkable': An interview with elephant...
In this interview, elephant expert Ross MacPhee explains how the giant animals' tusks record every week of their lives and why their...
Dwarf elephants and shedding mammoths shine at NYC's 'Secret...
A new show on "The Secret World of Elephants" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City dishes on the evolution and...
The brain may interpret smells from each nostril differently
There might be an advantage to separating scent information from each nostril, a new study hints.
Many physicists think we live in a multiverse. But they're...
Our universe seems to be perfectly suited for life. But anyone who claims that's evidence of a multiverse is falling prey to a logical...
'Bionic breast' could restore sensation for cancer survivors
Scientists are developing a new device that could help breast cancer patients who experience a loss of sensation after having a mastectomy.
Supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is...
Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is spinning nearly as fast as it can, dragging the very fabric of space-time with it and shaping...
