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Newly hatched chickens form the same sound association we do
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (614+ words) John is Ars Technica's science editor. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. John has done over a decade's worth of research…...
X-rays reveal kingfisher feather structure in unprecedented detail
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (103+ words) Jennifer is a senior reporter at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. She has been writing professionally about... In Qing…...
Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (294+ words) Sometimes, new data raises more questions than it answers. In a recent study, University of Alaska Fairbanks paleontologist Matthew Wooller and his colleagues radiocarbon-dated what they thought were pieces of two mammoth vertebrae, only to get a whale of a…...
Did seabird poop fuel rise of Chincha in Peru?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (182+ words) Jennifer is a senior reporter at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. She has been writing professionally about... The pre-Inca…...
Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (689+ words) Jennifer is a senior reporter at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. She has been writing professionally about... Little kids…...
Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder
2+ week, 3+ day ago (25+ words) Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales" ability to hunt and communicate. See full article... Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder...
What ice fishing can teach us about making foraging decisions
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (585+ words) What ice fishing can teach us about making foraging decisions'Ars Technica Ice fishing is a longstanding tradition in Nordic countries, with competitions proving especially popular. Those competitions can also tell scientists something about how social cues influence how we make…...
Be on the lookout for flesh-eating flies, CDC tells clinicians in alert
4+ week, 2+ day ago (30+ words) Eight animal cases in Mexico's Tamaulipas spur CDC to warn doctors of festering wounds. See full article... Be on the lookout for flesh-eating flies, CDC tells clinicians in alert...
Macaque facial gestures are more than just a reflex, study finds
4+ week, 2+ day ago (324+ words) Study is first to implant micro-electrode arrays to record neurons as they produce facial gestures. The researchers expected to see a clear division of responsibilities, one where the cingulate cortex governs social signals, while the motor cortex is specialized in…...
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (286+ words) Jennifer is a senior reporter at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. She has been writing professionally about... Far Side…...