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Chimpanzees ‘caught a yawn’ from this robot and researchers aren’t sure why

Scientists from City St George’s, University of London created a terrifyingly realistic android head to determine whether chimpanzees can “catch” yawns from robots. Remarkably, it turns out they can, but researchers still aren’t sure...

Jun 05, 2025

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Viking woman buried in ceremonial boat with her dog

Earth’s fiery ‘Door to Hell’ is starting to close

FDA approves lab-grown salmon

How a 1,200-person village in Senegal traded diesel generators for solar power

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Q&A with the team behind ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’

Turtles gather for sweet sounds of violinist

Chimpanzees ‘caught a yawn’ from this robot and researchers aren’t sure why

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Scientists engineer mosquito STD to combat malaria

College student discovers mysterious fungus that eluded LSD’s inventor

The best solar generators for 2025, tested and reviewed

Researchers genetically altered fruit flies to crave cocaine

Sunny the eaglet has officially left the nest

10 delightful images from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Why fava beans taste gross (and how scientists want to fix them)

Wildlife underpass reduces squished amphibians by 80%

Seals playing a video game reveal how they find their way

Are we in a sixth mass extinction?

Turtle’s mysterious injury caused by a golf ball

Sharks surprise scientists by sharing a meal

This 51-year-old pygmy hippo just set a world record

Your cat probably knows your smell

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Bed bugs have been bothering humans for 60,000 years

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17 dazzling images from 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards

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8,000-pound sloths once roamed North America. Where’d they go?

Earth’s core is leaking gold

How pungent poop could help Antarctica’s penguins

Florida man rigs drone to save drowning teen

Dogs can fulfill our need to nurture

Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time

Plants can hear tiny wing flaps of pollinators

Sea worm’s reproductive bits grow their own eyes before mating

31 million tons of seaweed ready to stink up Florida’s beaches

Humpback whales can give birth while migrating thousands of miles

The first US solar storm emergency drill did not go well

Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists

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