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Psychologist suggests synthesthesia may underlie creature's apparent memory feats Web edition : Friday, June 15th, 2012 View the video In what seems like a blow for humanity, a very smart chimpanzee in Japan crushes any human challenger at a number memory game.

Killings sometimes occur in communities across Africa PORTLAND, Ore. - In a cooperative venture aimed at understanding the most uncooperative of acts, researchers studying different African communities of wild chimpanzees have pooled their data and found that the apes sometimes kill each other nearly everywhere they've been studied.

Molting cleanses water fleas Losing a carapace means also losing parasitic bacteria Web edition : Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 Getting naked may help to protect a species of tiny water flea. When Daphnia magna molts, its discarded body armor can carry away harmful bacteria, a new study finds.

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Gifford Miller, a paleoclimatologist and geologist at the University of Colorado Boulde

Size doesn't matter for crayfish's one-two crunch Biological deception may give crustaceans an advantage during a fight Web edition : Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 When it comes to male crayfish, not all claws are created equal.

Size doesn't matter for crayfish's one-two crunch Biological deception may give crustaceans an advantage during a fight Web edition : Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 When it comes to male crayfish, not all claws are created equal.

Lead poisoning stymies condor recovery Iconic species may not stand on its own without complete shift to nontoxic ammunition Web edition : Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 The California condor's return to flying free in the wild after a close brush with extinction may be an illusory recovery.

Dinosaur debate gets cooking Researchers deflate evidence for cold-blooded dinosaurs Web edition : Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 Life stories written in mammal bones are being used to debunk a key argument for cold-bloodedness in dinosaurs.

Some brains may be primed for pain Addiction-related process may keep people hurting long after an injury heals A signal in the brain can predict who will continue to suffer back pain more than a year after an initial injury.

Treatment helps paralyzed rats walk Combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and therapy restores lost connections Web edition : Thursday, May 31st, 2012 Scientists have trained paralyzed rats to walk, run and even climb stairs. Weeks of rigorous practice coupled with an electrochemical spine-stimulating regimen allowed the animals to overcome devastating spinal cord injuries that immobilized their rear legs, Swiss scientists report in the June 1 Science.

It's a bit unnerving that Scott O'Neill bursts out laughing at the basic premise behind the story you are beginning to read. He is dean of the science faculty at Monash University in Australia and lead scientist for research on developing bacteria-infected mosquitoes as a public health tool.