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Even in the fuzzy, probabilistic world of quantum physics, though, there’s a limit on how small you can go. Both ...

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Elephant shrews use their highly sensitive proboscis to hunt for insects, berries, and other foods in their habitat. Hedgehogs are small mammals with a mighty sense of smell. Their long snout ...

Wild chimpanzees have long been known to rely on their powerful memories to know where and in what trees they can find ripe ...

When Ava Towle ’26 started at Brandeis, she never expected to spend her time breeding and dissecting fruit flies. Yet her ...

The system is meant to enable a more intuitive form of communication "I found inspiration in the insect world – species like ants, which detect CO2 changes, and bees, which sense temperature and ...

The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...