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Human language’s deep origins directly from birds, primates?
The human language that we know today arose from a fusion of birdsong and the pragmatic, content-carrying parts of speech of other primates, say researchers
June 13, 2014
Chimps outwit humans in games of strategy
In contests drawn from game theory, chimpanzee pairs consistently outperform humans in games that test memory and strategic thinking.
June 12, 2014
Human face evolved to take a punch
The structure of human faces evolved to be punched by human fists, according to new research.
June 10, 2014
Asteroid nicknamed Beast to fly past Earth June 8
Once they looked, astronomers began finding many asteroids near Earth. The one passing Sunday, June 8 is an especially big one, found only two months ago.
June 6, 2014
Kansas had a heat burst on the night of June 3-4
For a few hours around midnight, in Kansas, temperatures suddenly shot up by 10 degrees F. Meteorologists call it a heat burst. Read how it happens.
June 4, 2014
Severe storms blast through central U.S. on Tuesday
More severe weather expected Wednesday through the Ohio/Tennessee Valley region. Damaging wind and large hail. A tornado threat cannot be ruled out.
June 4, 2014
See three planets tonight
Jupiter, Mars, Saturn can all be seen easily on these June evenings.
June 3, 2014
Flying airplanes with mind control
Researchers demonstrate that brain-controlled flight is possible.
May 29, 2014
Crowd-funded project aims to build world’s first simulated organism
It will be the world’s most detailed virtual life form — an accurate, open-source, digital version of a worm called C. elegans.
May 28, 2014
