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Every day, humans pick up on idiosyncrasies such as slow drawls, high-pitched squeaks, or hints of accents to put names to voices from afar. This ability may not be as unique as once thought, researchers report. They find that unlike all other non-human mammals, northern elephant seal males consider the spacing and timing of vocal pulses in addition to vocal tones when identifying the calls of their rivals.
A new analysis suggests that much of the carbon released from volcanic arcs, chains of volcanoes that arise along the tectonic plates of a subduction zone, comes from remobilizing limestone reservoirs in the Earth's crust.
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The number fledging from the UK in 2017 is more than the total number for the previous 30 years.
Male elephant seals recognise the rhythm of one another's voices, researchers say.
A US congressman asked scientists if the Red Planet could have been occupied "thousands of years ago".
The discovery of sediment layers in a seaside cave represents the longest record of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, and the clearest record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.
Researchers are improving the ability of robots to identify three-dimensional objects even if their shape is partially obscured.
Trypophobia is an unusual phobia -- people feel strongly disgusted when they see clusters of circle-shaped objects, such as bubbles or holes.
Facebook Live was conceived to put viewers in the middle of a scene.