The secret social lives of giant poisonous rats
The African crested rat’s fur is packed with a poison so lethal just a few miligrams can kill a human. Biologists confirmed where it gets its poison, and uncovered an unexpected social life.
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The new study goes back further than 23andme could have ever imagined.
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This video features new research that disputes the decades-long view that our human ancestors drove the demise of large mammals in Africa over the last several million years.
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U professor’s new book examines Jewish identity among millions of African and Asian peoples who claim descent from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
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A team from the U traveled halfway across the world this summer to improve educational opportunities for people learning to read in Botswana.
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