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New Scent-based Messaging Platform Demonstrated at AMNH The first international scent messages were exchanged today between the American Museum of Natural History and the Le Laboratoire... June 17, 2014 New Order of Marine Creatures Discovered A deep-water creature once thought to be one of the world’s largest sea anemones, with tentacles reaching more than 6.5 feet long,... May 7, 2014 DNA of NYC Students Reveals Microcosm of the World The 200 college students who provided DNA samples in February 2014 for the New York City Student Ancestry Project led by The City... April 23, 2014 Shark Fossil Reveals New Insights into Jaw Evolution The skull of a newly discovered 325-million-year-old shark-like species suggests that early cartilaginous and bony fishes have more... April 16, 2014 Scientists Discover Four-eyed Daddy Longlegs Fossil Living harvestmen—a group of arachnids more commonly known as daddy longlegs—have a single pair of eyes. But new research indicates... April 10, 2014 Skulls of Red and Giant Pandas Provide Insight into Coexistence New research on the skulls of red pandas and giant pandas provides further explanation as to why the two species—which are not closely... April 9, 2014 Fish Flashing Patterns Might Facilitate Mating The new research indicates that bioluminescence—a phenomenon in which animals generate visible light through a chemical reaction—could... March 3, 2014 Deep-diving Exosuit on Rare Public Display The “Exosuit,” a next-generation atmospheric diving system capable of taking a diver down 1,000 feet at surface pressure, will be... February 27, 2014 Solving a 30-Year-Old Problem in Massive Star Formation An international group of astrophysicists has found evidence strongly supporting a solution to a long-standing puzzle about the birth... January 27, 2014 Polar Bear Diet Changes as Sea Ice Melts A series of papers recently published by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that polar bears in the warming... January 21, 2014 Rich World of Fish Biofluorescence A team of researchers led by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History has released the first report of widespread biofluorescence... January 8, 2014 First-Light Images From Gemini Planet Imager After nearly a decade of development, construction, and testing, the Gemini Planet Imager is pointing skyward and collecting light... January 7, 2014