Why are some animals so smart?
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An extensive tool use among orangutans in Sumatran swamp is discovered and this unexpected finding answers a question of why are some animals so smart. Many researchers have revealed that orangutans near Sumatra's western coast are much more gregarious than red apes living elsewhere.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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Restoring America's big, wild animals
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Large animals are very critical for the health of the ecosystem and their loss can adversely affect the natural world, which is why biologists are proposing to reintroduce large vertebrates into North America that went extinct almost 13,000 years ago.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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What fuels fat
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A report is presented on the human body mechanism that regulates energy storage in the form of fat. An imbalance of this mechanism can lead to obesity, a discovery that provides new targets for drug treatments to reverse obesity.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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