An analysis of the animal&rsquo;s walking speed suggests that T. rex &rsquo;s walking pace was close to that of a human. It&rsquo;s too bad the king of the dinosaurs didn&rsquo;t just walk when&nbsp;hungry.

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Who Laps Whom on the Walking Track--Tyrannosaurus rex or You? Science Has a New Answer

It is like when your cell phone keeps you awake in bed&mdash;except mosquitoes do not doom scroll when they stay up, they feast on your blood.

Artificial Light Keeps Mosquitoes Biting Late into the Night

Today&nbsp;we bring you a new episode in our&nbsp;podcast series: COVID, Quickly.&nbsp;Every two weeks,&nbsp; Scientific American &rsquo;s senior health editors&nbsp; Tanya Lewis &nbsp;and&nbsp; Josh Fischman &nbsp;catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants&nbsp;and everything in between.

COVID, Quickly, Episode 6: The Real Reason for India's Surge and Mask Liftoff

It seems like the males will do anything, even fake nearby danger, to get females to stick around to mate.

Male Lyrebirds Lie to Get Sex

The&nbsp;rosy-faced lovebirds that live in Phoenix appear to be free riding on our urban climate control.

Lovebirds Adore Our Inefficient Air-Conditioning

Today&nbsp;we bring you the fifth episode in our&nbsp;podcast series: COVID, Quickly.&nbsp;Every two weeks,&nbsp; Scientific American &rsquo;s senior health editors&nbsp; Tanya Lewis &nbsp;and&nbsp; Josh Fischman &nbsp;catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants&nbsp;and everything in between.

COVID, Quickly, Episode 5: Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy, Blood Clots and Long-Haul Realities

New research shows that members of a bee colony all have the same gut microbiome, which controls their smell&mdash;and thus their ability to separate family from foe.

Beehives Are Held Together by Their Mutual Gut Microbes

Australia&rsquo;s critically endangered regent honeyeaters are losing what amounts to their culture&mdash;and that could jeopardize their success at landing a mate.

These Endangered Birds Are Forgetting Their Songs

A fast-growing front in the battle against climate change is focused on developing green technologies aimed at reducing humankind&rsquo;s carbon footprint, but many scientists say simply reducing emissions is no longer enough. We have to find new ways to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. A Maine start-up is looking to raise a sinkable carbon-capturing forest in the open ocean.

To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It

Today&nbsp;we bring you the fourth episode in&nbsp;a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly.&nbsp;Every two weeks,&nbsp; Scientific American &rsquo;s senior health editors&nbsp; Tanya Lewis &nbsp;and&nbsp; Josh Fischman &nbsp;catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants&nbsp;and everything in between.

COVID, Quickly, Episode 4: The Virtual Vaccine Line and Shots for Kids

Particles called muons are behaving weirdly, and that could mean a huge discovery.

Big Physics News: The Muon g-2 Experiment Explained

The two cities&rsquo;&nbsp;rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows.

Boston's Pigeons Coo, 'Wicked'; New York's Birds Coo, 'Fuhgeddaboudit'

We know a lot about how sea turtles are threatened by our trash, but new research has just uncovered an underreported threat hiding inside lakes and rivers.

Imperiled Freshwater Turtles Are Eating Plastics--Science Is Just Revealing the Threat

Today&nbsp;we bring you the third&nbsp;episode in&nbsp;a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly.&nbsp;Every two weeks,&nbsp; Scientific American &rsquo;s senior health editors&nbsp; Tanya Lewis &nbsp;and&nbsp; Josh Fischman &nbsp;catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants&nbsp;and everything in between.

COVID, Quickly, Episode 3: Vaccine Inequality--plus Your Body the Variant Fighter

By collecting the larvae of the fast flyers, researchers have turned the insects into &ldquo;biosentinels&rdquo; that can track mercury pollution across the country. Berly McCoy reports.&nbsp;

Using Dragonflies as Contamination Detectors

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