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hybrids A history of humanzees, born from female chimps impregnated with human sperm Mark Frauenfelder
chariots New study reveals that domesticated horses may have originally come from Russia Thom Dunn
vestigial organs How humans lost our tails David Pescovitz
scents Artist and genetic engineers re-create the imagined scents of long-extinct flowers David Pescovitz
beaches Watch digger bees build sandcastles on California beaches David Pescovitz
paleogenetics Look at this 28,000-year-old cave lion cub that was perfectly preserved in ice David Pescovitz
vegetables Scientists decipher how Romanesco broccoli gets its freaky fractal shape David Pescovitz
butts Why do animals have butts? David Pescovitz
mythology The many-headed hydra is a real creature that regenerates itself and can live "forever" David Pescovitz
fish Bones may have evolved to work like batteries David Pescovitz
Clone Wars Meet the aphids that are born pregnant and eager to destroy your garden David Pescovitz
circle of life Turtle found living in the belly of a largemouth bass David Pescovitz
reptiles How to care for your Komodo Dragon David Pescovitz
snakes Scientists discover snake's strange method of "lasso locomotion" to climb large trees David Pescovitz
birds Why a woodpecker's beak doesn't get stuck in a tree like a nail David Pescovitz
hibernation Entombed creatures found alive years later: a history Andrea James
nanotechnology Here are the chemistry stories that delighted the editors of Chemical and Engineering News this year Mark Frauenfelder
ocean biology Explorers revisit a whale carcass one year later Andrea James
penises A new book of dicks, human and otherwise David Pescovitz
biology Scientists discover new gland in humans' heads Mark Frauenfelder