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[:es]The Survival Advantage of Being a Fancy Baby Coot[:]

[:es]Unlike many other gaudy animal ornaments, the red-and-orange heads of coot chicks are honest indicators of weakness and vulnerability.[:]
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[:es]History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin[:]

[:es]It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.[:]
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[:es]A ‘Mic Drop’ on a Theory of Language Evolution[:]

[:es]Linguists now think our ancestors might have been chattering away for ages longer than they previously believed.[:]
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[:es]The Wonder of Fire Without Gravity[:]

[:es]It’s about to get lit on the International Space Station.[:]
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[:es]An Alarming Discovery in an Astronaut’s Bloodstream[:]

[:es]A study has turned up a side effect of human spaceflight that no one had observed before.[:]
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[:es]Apes Might Know That You Don’t Know What They Know[:]

[:es]The latest volley in a decades-long debate about apes’ theory of mind involved one scientist dressing up as King Kong and stealing from his colleague.[:]
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[:es]The Secret Identity of a Coyote-Like Creature[:]

[:es]A photographer began shooting unusual-looking coyotes on Galveston Island. They turned out to be descended from a very rare wolf species.[:]
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[:es]The Chickens That Are Surrogates for Rare Breeds[:]

[:es]A new way to revive rare breeds—and perhaps even endangered birds—from frozen cells[:]
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[:es]Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks[:]

[:es]Errant particles from everyday radioactive materials are a major obstacle for particle physicists. The solution? Lead from the bottom of the sea.[:]