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Cloned animals offer clues to aging, suggesting changes in gene activity may help explain limits on human lifespan.

Scientists found a chemical switch that keeps octopus brain connections strong, offering clues to how these animals remember. Link to the full story in the comments.

Personal experience can outweigh public reputation when people judge refusals to cooperate, while helpful behavior remains broadly positive. Link to the full story in the comments.

A machine learning program found a shift in small earthquakes before three large quakes but nothing before two others. It doesn’t give a date for the next big one. Link to the full story in the comments.

Ozone and nitrogen oxides cut pollinators' ability to find flowers by about half, and ozone will stay high until around 2050 as fuels change. Link to the full story in the comments.

Women in the small Sardinian town of Bolotana have shown remarkable longevity, with an unusually high estimated chance of living to 100. Link to the full story in the comments.

A Pompeii cupboard buried in 79 AD held 38 bronze coins, 36 from Nero's reign, 24 childhood charms in a cloth bag and, nearby, two young wood mice. Link to the full story in the comments.

A crocodile skull from the rock of the Great Sphinx was misnamed for a century. CT scans show where Herugavialis fits among the gavials. Link to the full story in the comments.

Moths feed algae in sloth fur, parrots live in termite mounds, and ants arm poison frogs. So, insect decline is costing wildlife more than just meals. Link to the full story in the comments.

Ancient Roman bookshops reveal how books were written, copied, sold and corrected, tracing the evolution of writing from clay to papyrus. Link to the full story in the comments.