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Iconic Fossil Feather Probably Didn't Belong to Archaeopteryx
A new analysis of a famous fossil suggests that there may be more feathered dinosaurs in Germany’s lithographic limestone than we currently know
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The remains of our distant relatives evoke more than just data points
Autism: More Than Meets the Eye
How ability can grow out of seeming disability.
Where Are All the Working Mothers in STEM?
Unfortunately, career vs. family is too often still seen as an either/or choice.
Science Symphony: Music of the Mind, Virus-Proof Cells and Apollo's 50th
We live in a world of networks, write University of Pennsylvania physicist and MacArthur Fellow Danielle S. Bassett and Max Bertolero of Bassett's Complex Systems Group in this issue.
Where Are Your Boundaries?
Psychological research unveils a central element of individual and group differences
Which Should Come First in Physics: Theory or Experiment?
Plans for giant particle accelerators of the future focus attention on how scientific discoveries are really made
These Bizarre Parasites Garden Their Insect Hosts
Be glad human STDs do not include this one
Dawn of the Crunch
A tiny fossil skull reveals the oldest known vertebrate capable of crunching hard-shelled prey
Why Don't We Hear about More Species Going Extinct?
The extinction crisis threatens life all over the planet, but scientists are cautious about declaring a species extinct too quickly
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