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[:es]Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart—and maybe even self-aware[:]

[:es]Never before has “bird brain” been such a compliment: In recent years, birds have been found to make tools, understand abstract concepts, and even recognize paintings by Monet and Picasso. […]
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[:es]Brain-scanning backpack brings neuroscience into the real world[:]

[:es]Call it neuroscience on the go. Scientists have developed a backpack that tracks and stimulates brain activity as people go about their daily lives. The advance could allow researchers to […]
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[:es]‘Viking’ was a job description, not a matter of heredity, massive ancient DNA study shows[:]

[:es]It was a Viking saga written in genes. In 2008, construction work on an isolated Estonian beach near the town of Salme uncovered the skeletons of more than 40 powerfully […]
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[:es]Deep beneath the high seas, researchers find rich coral oases[:]

[:es]Aiming to bolster conservation on the high seas, a team of marine researchers today released the first comprehensive survey of coral reefs in the high seas–the roughly two-thirds of the […]
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[:es]How big money is powering a massive hunt for alien intelligence[:]

[:es]In 2015, Sofia Sheikh was at loose ends. Her adviser at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, with whom she studied hot, giant exoplanets, had left for a new job. […]
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[:es]One of quantum physics’ greatest paradoxes may have lost its leading explanation [:]

[:es]It’s one of the oddest tenets of quantum theory: a particle can be in two places at once—yet we only ever see it here or there. Textbooks state that the […]
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[:es]Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t drink milk [:]

[:es]About 3000 years ago, thousands of warriors fought on the banks of the Tollense river in northern Germany. They wielded weapons of wood, stone, and bronze to deadly effect: Over […]
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[:es]Watch levitating upside-down boats flip the law of buoyancy[:]

[:es]If you’re a water sports fan looking for a new thrill, what about upside-down sailing? The idea might not be so outlandish. In a new study, physicists have managed to […]
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[:es]Some mosquitoes already have resistance to the latest weapon against malaria[:]

[:es]An insecticide about to be widely deployed inside African homes to combat malaria-carrying mosquitoes is already losing its punch. Two years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green […]