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One result of rising ocean acidification: Anxious fish

Increased carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans might be making fish anxious, a new study suggests.

Two supermassive black holes in death spiral

Astronomers have spotted what appear to be two supermassive black holes 3.8 billion light-years from Earth, circling each other like dance partners.

Striking differences in brain wiring between men and women

Male brains facilitate connectivity between perception and coordinated action. Female brains facilitate communication between the analytical and the intuitive.

Mice can inherit learned sensitivity to a smell

When a mouse is trained to become afraid of a certain odor, his or her pups will be more sensitive to that odor as well. Researchers say that knowing how mouse parents can influence their descendants is a step toward understanding how human parents may pass some psychiatric disorders to their children.

Search tool finds pics of you based on tag relationships

A new algorithm could profoundly change the way we find photos among the billions on social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr.

Dwarf seahorse’s deadly secret weapon

It may be two inches long, lemon yellow, and the slowest-moving fish in the sea, but it’s also one of the deadliest predators the ocean has ever seen.

Genius materials on the ISS

With proper coaxing, molecules in microgravity can assemble themselves into forms with surprising properties. This new NASA ScienceCast video explores the possibilities

Fast, furious, refined: Smaller black holes can eat plenty

Gas from a companion star is thought to feed a stellar-mass black hole’s voracious appetite, in the galaxy M101.

Six amazing birds

Crows, falcons. gannets, hummingbirds, macaws .... and turkeys. Here's what makes these six birds so cool

Why scientists trained locusts to recognize odors

To learn more about how the brain can process multiple odors all at once, scientists trained locusts to respond to a specific smell.

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