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Scientists are using artificial intelligence to understand sperm whale vocalizations. Lawyers think the discoveries may result in stronger protections for nonhuman life.

Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

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Tim Burton has arguably made better movies than Edward Scissorhands, before and since. But it may be his most original and ...

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