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Dear reader, I love science and research, especially the current studies that are being done with canines. Dr. Brian Hare from Duke University is the foremost researcher in canine cognitive ...

“Poop is central to the story of how dogs came into our lives," write Duke University dog researchers Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods in their wonderful new book, Survival of the Friendliest: ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor in northern Ukraine—then part of the Soviet ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...