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In 1949, design icons Ray and Charles Eames built a villa-workshop in Los Angeles that laid the foundation for a new kind of ...

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Just like vertebrates, cephalopods—such as octopuses and squid—have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them ...

Giant, intelligent octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas. Modern octopuses are known for their intelligence and ...

Octopus mothers slam themselves against rocks and eat their own arms before their eggs hatch. Scientists have discovered what leads to the self-destruction.

The migration of birds from their southern wintering grounds to their breeding grounds in the north is in full swing ...