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It's easy to take for granted our ability to count and do mathematics. A tribe in the Amazon, however, has found little need for plurals, tenses or any quantities larger than five. This article explains.

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Storms in Antarctica can be pretty severe. In fact, they're given ratings so you know how safe it is to venture outside. How bad is Condition 1? This video gives you some idea.

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Today’s science news

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    Palaeontologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a strange dinosaur with a hump that they believe is the forerunner...

  • U.S. court won't budge on stem cell funds ban

    A U.S. federal judge denied the White House's request to drop his decision to temporarily block federal funding for embryonic...

  • Study reveals dance moves that win dates

    Men who wish to attract women on the disco floor would be better advised to learn a few moves that...

  • The health benefits of cockroaches

    One of the hardiest insects around, the cockroach, may hold the key to next-generation antibiotics, British scientists hope.

  • Money makes you think you're happy

    Does money make you happy? It's an age-old question, and two American researchers think they have the answer: it does...

  • Solar probe to plunge into Sun's atmosphere

    A car-sized satellite that will plunge into the Sun's outer atmosphere "no later than 2018" for an up-close study of...

  • 'Immune' Tasmanian devil dies of cancer

    Australian researchers mourned the death of Cedric, a Tasmanian devil thought at first to be immune to a devastating cancer...

  • Stocky dragons once ruled Transylvania

    The fossil of a stocky new dinosaur with two sets of claws on its feet unearthed in Romania has given...

  • Review calls for U.N. climate panel reform

    An international review panel called on the U.N. global climate change body to carry out several reforms after embarrassing errors...

  • 12,000-year-old tortoise banquet unearthed

    Evidence at an ancient burial site in Israel shows that community feasts were probably a common occurrence among early humans,...