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The Why Files

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Your source for science behind the news.

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21 Jan 2016

Bye-Bye Why Files whyfiles.org/2016/bye-bye-w… https://t.co/IW6WIoDrBt

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10 Dec 2015

Rodent is faithful, monogamous. Or he strays. Why? whyfiles.org/2015/rodent-is… https://t.co/ymJgkcPP5u

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8 Dec 2015

Coming Thursday: Brains, love and hormones -- rodent style

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27 Nov 2015

Fruit Fly Flight - Precise, rapid control needed. How fast, how rapid? whyfiles.org/2015/fruit-fly… https://t.co/4hZkIk1QWg

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12 Nov 2015

Ancient wax: It came from bees! Cooking pots reveal traces of beeswax whyfiles.org/2015/ancient-w… https://t.co/ysCP6sQOAy

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9 Nov 2015

Coming Thursday: Take a drink -- and thank outer space for the water!

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29 Oct 2015

Atlantic cod: Decline mirrors warming sea whyfiles.org/2015/atlantic-… https://t.co/aO9u42oP1l

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26 Oct 2015

Coming Thursday: Too much warming = too few fish?

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16 Oct 2015

Plankton swim, then fly - Are these the smallest critters able to break through the water? whyfiles.org/2015/plankton-… http://t.co/A1IEJZG2Ht

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12 Oct 2015

Coming Thursday: Junior jumpers! Tiny aquatic critters take flight

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1 Oct 2015

Male contraceptive: One step ahead whyfiles.org/2015/male-cont… https://t.co/w8lMLP0UaL

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30 Sep 2015

Coming Thursday: Male contraceptive advance!

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28 Aug 2015

California's drought: Blame it on soaring demand for water whyfiles.org/2015/californi… http://t.co/hA1b0X9kZH

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14 Aug 2015

Tropical mountain diversity: species rise from below, but also travel from afar whyfiles.org/2015/tropical-… http://t.co/9JfjfEZaiP

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30 Jul 2015

Jumping on water: Water strider shows the way whyfiles.org/2015/jumping-o… http://t.co/ySVQNzB6PR

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27 Jul 2015

Coming Thursday: Jump on water: just like a water strider!

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13 Jul 2015

Coming Thursday: Language: Does silicon catch your meaning?

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2 Jul 2015

Australian "dragon." If it's hot, eggs hatch with female genitalia but male genetics. whyfiles.org/2015/australia… http://t.co/GA1UiX2dLr

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1 Jul 2015

Coming Thursday: Lizard gives whole new meaning to "transsexual"

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18 Jun 2015

How baboons decide - Shared decision making about where to go shows primate logic at its best! whyfiles.org/2015/how-baboo… http://t.co/7c8GqY6pVD

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