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https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thoughtful-monkeys.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" fetchpriority="auto" alt="A new study suggests that great apes (specifically gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) seem to track events in the way that we do." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">Environment</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://www.popsci.com/environment/why-cant-apes-speak/"> <h3 class="card-post-title font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden hover-link"> Great apes may have cognitive foundations for language </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block hover-link">Great apes may have cognitive foundations for language</span> </h3> </a> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm leading-tighter mt-2"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://www.popsci.com/authors/tom-hawking/">Tom Hawking</a></span></span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="https://www.popsci.com/science/why-are-turkeys-so-big/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/large-turkeys-pardon.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/large-turkeys-pardon.jpg 2000w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/large-turkeys-pardon.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/large-turkeys-pardon.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/large-turkeys-pardon.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/large-turkeys-pardon.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, 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leading-extra-tight">Science</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://www.popsci.com/science/why-are-turkeys-so-big/"> <h3 class="card-post-title font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden hover-link"> How did Thanksgiving turkeys get so darn big? </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block hover-link">How did Thanksgiving turkeys get so darn big?</span> </h3> </a> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm leading-tighter mt-2"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://www.popsci.com/authors/mack-degeurin/">Mack DeGeurin</a></span></span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" 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https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/squirting-cucumber.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/squirting-cucumber.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/squirting-cucumber.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/squirting-cucumber.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/squirting-cucumber.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/squirting-cucumber.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/squirting-cucumber.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" fetchpriority="auto" alt="A still showing the jet ejected from a squirting cucumber, which carries its seeds distances of up to 32 feet away from the mother plant." /> <div class="icon-play-wrapper absolute top-1/2 left-1/2 -translate-y-[21px] -translate-x-[21px] w-[42px] h-[42px] pointer-events-none 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It is a part of the brain’s limbic system and plays a key role in processing emotions." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">Health</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://www.popsci.com/health/why-i-overthink-after-parties/"> <h3 class="card-post-title font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden hover-link"> ‘Was I awkward?’ What overthinking after a party has to do with your ‘lizard brain’ </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block hover-link">‘Was I awkward?’ What overthinking after a party has to do with your ‘lizard brain’</span> </h3> </a> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm leading-tighter mt-2"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://www.popsci.com/authors/laura-baisas/">Laura Baisas</a></span></span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="https://www.popsci.com/health/what-happens-when-you-donate-your-body-to-science/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg 2000w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/what_happens_when_you_donate_your_body_to_science.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" fetchpriority="auto" alt="a body on a morgue table with only the feet showing and a toe tag on the big toe" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">Health</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://www.popsci.com/health/what-happens-when-you-donate-your-body-to-science/"> <h3 class="card-post-title font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden hover-link"> What happens when you donate your body to science? 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