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Natural birth kickstarts key brain protein production

Improve your baby’s IQ, naturally.

Climbing in the rain

Geckos are perfectly adapted for clinging to dry surfaces in rainforests and urban environments.

Bilingualism increases mental agility

Bilingual children may have competitive advantages.

Homo erectus was not alone

New fossils shed light on human evolution and solve a 40-year-old mystery.

Tiny snail believed extinct is rediscovered

The oblong rocksnail, declared extinct in 2000, has made a comeback.

Bats are acoustically identified

Ecologists develop a Europe-wide bat identification tool

Elephants speak in deep vibrations

Elephants sing low notes the same way humans do. 

New lasers could prevent plane crashes

The laser light velocity sensors have been successfully tested in a high-speed wind tunnel.

Torrent frog

Frogs inspire hearing aid idea

  Chinese Torrent frogs are able to communicate clearly, despite the background of crashing waterfalls.

Australian fish have high incidence of skin cancer too

Widespread skin cancer has been identified in coral trout species in the Great Barrier Reef.

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