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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Active Hearing Process in Mosquitoes

A mathematical model has explained some of the remarkable features of mosquito hearing. In particular, the male can hear the faintest beats of the female's wings and yet ...  > full story

Bigger Not Necessarily Better, When It Comes to Brains

Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists. Animals with bigger brains ...  > full story

Right-Handed Chimpanzees Provide Clues to the Origin of Human Language

Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A new study of captive chimpanzees ...  > full story

Why Can't Chimps Speak? Key Differences In How Human And Chimp Versions Of FOXP2 Gene Work

If humans are genetically related to chimps, why did our brains develop the innate ability for language and speech while theirs did ...  > full story
 

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