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Science Squids used to have shells. Here's how they lost them. Andrea James

Kids Beautiful chart shows how the English alphabet evolved Andrea James

Nature Study: birds can sense earth's magnetic fields thanks to a fancy eye protein Andrea James

Science The century-long fight over how turtles evolved to have shells Andrea James

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Science Watch this flipbook animation of 600 million years of human evolution David Pescovitz

animals Cats domesticated themselves David Pescovitz

Science Altruistic people have more sexual partners David Pescovitz

memes The evolution of the "baseball game equality" meme Rob Beschizza

video Humpback whales sure love ruining orcas' hunting Andrea James

archaeology Our hominid ancestor Lucy died after falling from tree, new analysis suggests Andrea James

evolution The most unusual and beautiful evolutionary tree maps from the last 200 years Kevin Kelly

Games Watch language evolve as little sims wander around a grid of islands Rob Beschizza

animals Genetic study suggests dogs emerged independently from two wolf populations Rob Beschizza

Science Avocados should not exist Xeni Jardin

fashion Charles Darwin "Natural Selecta" t-shirt David Pescovitz

Games Creatures avoiding planks Rob Beschizza

evolution Richard Dawkins wishes he'd named his "The Selfish Gene" book "The Immortal Gene" instead Mark Frauenfelder

Science Oklahoma's repeat-offender Republican Creationist lawmakers take another run at science education Cory Doctorow