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We tend to think of the brain as being made up of highly specialised cells, but a study in mice suggests that most neurons are generalists
The long fangs of Smilodon were thought to be rather delicate, but a study of large herbivore remains from Argentina shows these extinct cats had no trouble biting through hard bones