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- Levitating magician: How magicians use science to deceive
Levitating magician: A viral Pepsi ad shows an English magician apparently levitating alongside a double-decker bus. How are we so easily fooled by magic?
- Gorilla taunting: If you want to go to Hogwarts, be nice to zoo animals
Children taunting a zoo gorilla got their just dues when the animal decided to best them at their own game.
Pacifica shark attack: why we don't need to be afraidPacifica shark attack: Shark attacks are on the rise, but odds of becoming a shark attack victim are still very close to nil.
Social lemurs make better larcenists, scientists saySocial lemurs were found to be better thieves than their less social counterparts, in a study that could have implications for how animal intelligence in measured.
Washington earthquake: Shaken but no serious damageWashington earthquake: A magnitude 4.3 earthquake stuck near Leavenworth, Washington, Wednesday evening.
Straight from the horse's toe: the world's oldest genomeScientists have reconstructed the genome of a horse that lived some 700,000 years ago, mapping out the evolutionary history of the modern horse.
Galactic miracle babies? Smallish planets survived birth in stellar maelstrom.Astronomers say the Kepler mission found two mini-Neptune planets orbiting stars in a stellar cluster that would have been a most inhospitable environment at the time they were born.
Why gorillas can't throw fastballsA team of researchers has found that some 2 million years ago, early humans evolved the ability to aim and throw, skills not shared by our closest living relatives.
Alaska volcano spews five-mile-high ash plumeAlaska volcano: Located almost 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, Pavlof Volcano let loose its most powerful eruption since becoming active in mid-May.
- How a remote-controlled cockroach might come to your rescue
A new cyborg roach is the prototype to a search-and-rescue insect that could be dispatched to hunt for survivors in disaster zones.
- Planet of the mechanical apes: Scientists give us new ape-like robot
The iStruct Demonstrator makes several advances in robotics, including its high-tech feet.
New Cambodian tailorbird is an unlikely bird, in an unlikely placeScientists have discovered a new bird unique to Cambodia in the unlikeliest of places: the teeming capital.
Asian tiger mosquitoes: What you need to knowAsian tiger mosquitoes are spreading in the continental US. Scientists warn that Asian tiger mosquitoes bite throughout the day, carry disease, and lay eggs that can survive winter.
Supermoon photos: Spectacular moon pics wow stargazersSupermoon photos: Sunday's full moon coincided with our natural satellite's closest distance from the Earth, making it the biggest full moon of the year.
'Don't touch my junk DNA!' says gene signal sequenceScientists at MIT say they have discovered a mechanism that prevents noncoding DNA from being copied, by pointing the copying in the right direction.
Four habitable planets orbiting three tiny suns? New first in planet-hunting.Scientists have found at least three and perhaps four planets that appear to be in the habitable zone of a triple-star system. Finding so many exoplanets in one star system's habitable zone is a first.
Ancient, cow-sized knobby lizard discovered in AfricaThe eccentric animal presided over a lonely desert some 260 million years ago, when Earth was home to a single continent, Pangaea.
Grand Canyon tightrope walk: What was that huge pole for?Grand Canyon tightrope walk: Funambulist Nik Wallenda traversed a 1,500-foot gorge near the Grand Canyon on a 2-inch-thick steel cable on Sunday, carrying with him a 43-lb. pole. Why did he bring such a heavy pole?
Red panda missing: Rusty the panda is foundRed panda missing: A red panda that vanished from the National Zoo was found in a D.C. neighborhood.
Dogs are somewhat like young human children, study findsWhen exploring their environments, dogs treat their owners similar to the way young children treat their parents, new research reveals.
