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Our voices match our gestures

Even if we can't see someone while they're talking, our brains still pick up their gestures. Read More »

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The coywolf hybrid takes over the East coast

A coyote with a brown coat turns towards the camera in the snow

Eastern wolves and coyotes have been interbreeding more frequently over the past several hundred years

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Animals sometimes understand numbers without school or even language.

Cubes of multicolored jello sit in martini glasses

Researchers looked into the role texture plays in how full we feel after eating.

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How do insects handle being upside-down for so long?

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A eureka moment is an experience where a solution or idea suddenly appears in your mind and immediately feels true.

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Surprising Science: How Fungi Can Help Conquer The Final Frontier

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Today's Surprising Science looks at the emerging field of astromycology and how fungi might just hold the key to our space exploration efforts.

Carlo Bononi’s Incoronazione della Virgine

Our last Surprising Science took us out of this world to learn more about how scientists determine potentially habitable planets. Today, we’re back on Earth to look at how some of our smallest life forms are impacting the art world.

How does introducing a new species impact an environment? The unique case of the Lazarus lizard shows there's more than one possible outcome.

Scientific breakthroughs can come from some surprising sources. Today's episode of Surprising Science looks at how different branches can create breakthroughs in other fields.