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Amoebas can grow their own food
Certain kinds of amoebas carry a cache of bacteria that will be grown to feed their newly-hatched offspring. That sounds a lot like farming!
January 24, 2011
Ice age graveyard unearthed near ski resort in Colorado
Scientists have unearthed an ice age graveyard containing the fossilized remains of mammoths, mastodons, and other creatures from the 10,000 years ago.
January 24, 2011
Aging in mice reversed in study
Scientists have reversed the signs of aging in mice, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
January 24, 2011
3 images of Phobos from Mars Express spacecraft
Three new images of Mars' moon phobos - all taken on January 9, 2011 - are intriguing for entirely different reasons.
January 24, 2011
Optical illusion video: You won’t believe your eyes
This award-winning video from Kokichi Sugihara of Japan uses visual tricks, not video editing, to appear to defy gravity.
January 23, 2011
Seal meets girl, and completely wins her over
Watch their (extremely brief) romance blossom on the beach of Gold Harbor, South Georgia, off the southern tip of South America.
January 21, 2011
Earliest wine makers known date to 4100 BC
Your glass of wine may stem from a tradition that began 6,000 years ago, in Armenia. Read more about the earliest known wine makers here.
January 21, 2011
Robust robots need to evolve says roboticist
To build a really tough robot, let them be babies first, says roboticist Josh Bongard, He says the most robust robots are those that change their body forms while learning to walk.
January 21, 2011
Scientists catch malaria in the act of invading cells
Hundreds of millions of people contract malaria every year. New high resolution images show the mosquito-borne parasite in the act of breaking into a red blood cell.
January 20, 2011
Bacteria biofilms stronger than Superman
Most of the world's bacteria exist in communities known as biofilm. According to Harvard researchers, biofilm is like an impenetrable fortress on a microscopic scale.
January 20, 2011
