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Young hammerhead sharks love Biscayne Bay. Leave them alone, humans.

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Juvenile critically endangered great hammerhead sharks…

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Scientists warn of bat virus just one mutation from infecting humans

A group of bat viruses closely related to the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) could be one small…

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Can humans spontaneously combust? The baffling cases explained.

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. In December 2010, Michael Faherty died…

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Sustained in the brain: How lasting emotions arise from brief stimuli, in humans and mice

We don't always understand our emotions, but we couldn't lead normal lives without them. They steer us through life, guiding…

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Bed bugs have been bothering humans for 60,000 years

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. We humans might be the Earth’s…

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Weather forecasting improves with AI, but we still need humans

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Weather forecasts are notoriously unreliable. Most…

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Foreign aid cuts enter war of humans vs pathogens

A slow moving pandemic. That’s how how some human and animal health experts are referring to the growing threat of…

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Confused and disoriented pets? Dementia is not just for humans

Sometimes the little guy just stops and doesn't know where he is any more. At 15 years old, Olli the…

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Humans have only seen 0.001 percent of the ocean floor

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 We know next to nothing about Earth’s seafloors. According to a study published May…

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Rhythmically trained sea lion returns for an encore — and performs as well as humans

Animal research on biomusicality, which looks at whether different species are capable of behaving in ways that show they recognize…

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