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Scientists found rat brain part that processes ticklishness. Tickling the rats caused neurons in that region to fire, making them giggle.

Through a fantastic machine learning project, a community is teaching MerlinVision to bird.

James Lovelock: ‘Before the end of this century, robots will have taken over’

Why are babies so dumb if humans are so smart?

Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified.

Scientists find 3.7 billion-year-old fossil, oldest yet

With Dogs, It’s What You Say — and How You Say It

Grandma's Experiences Leave Epigenetic Mark on Your Genes

Discovery reveals evolutionary path from fins to fingers

How the Venomous, Egg-Laying Platypus Evolved

Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things

What happened before history? Human origins by Kurzgesagt...

There's no such thing as free will. But we're better off believing in it anyway.

Neri Oxman TED Talk: Design at the intersection of technology and biology

Panel Endorses ‘Gene Drive’ Technology That Can Alter Entire Species

Orcas are the first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture.

We are built to be kind. Compassion is hard wired in the brain.

Foxes That Endure Despite a Lack of Genetic Diversity

Darwin's Kids Doodled All Over His "Origin of Species" Manuscript

Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation

A New Step In Evolution

Physicist has groundbreaking idea about why life exists...

Evogeneao: The Tree of Life

Singing in the Brain: Uncovering the Neural Patterns Birds Use to Learn Songs

Big animals’ extinction forever alters environment, study shows

Charles Darwin’s List of the Pros and Cons of Marriage | Brain Pickings

How New Genes Arise from Scratch

Robot mother builds cube babies and then watches them take first steps

24 Late Bloomers Who Became Highly Successful After Age 40

Pupil shape linked to animals’ place in ecological web

From one cell to many: How did multicellularity evolve?

U Chicago researchers studying Paleo diet determined that big brains needed carbs. Dietary carbohydrates in human evolution was important.

Scientists have discovered a winged dinosaur -- an ancestor of the velociraptor -- that they say was on the cusp of becoming a bird.

Fish diversity exploded when dinosaurs went extinct.

Designing Superhumans

The Sleeping Habits of Geniuses

We Are 100%, For Sure, In The Middle Of A Major Extinction Event

Are Humans Really 99% Chimp? by MinuteEarth

Differences between dolphin and human brains infographic

How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs

This evolution infographic will make you feel tiny.

Early men and women were equal, say scientists

Nature v nurture: research shows it’s both

Why We Age

Why do men exist? Scientific study offers an explanation...

Fossils fill evolutionary gap between fish and 4-legged beasts

The Evolution of Altruism - Chronicle of Higher Education

Jill Bolte Taylor Ode to the Brain - Symphony of Science

The Good Show - Radiolab

Endangered Dog Breeds and the Market Forces Behind Them

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