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Scientists have proposed several theories for the existence of these dangly bits of tissue, but the reason we have them may lie in the peculiarities of evolution. Read the full story with comments from Anne Le Maître of the Konrad Lorenz Institute, Mark Coleman of the Western Atlantic University School of Medicine, and Bridget Alex of Harvard University.

Carbohydrates are so critical to human survival that some populations have quickly increased the number of genes that help break down starches, researchers including Peter Sudmant, R. Nicolas Lou, and Joana L. Rocha of the University of California, Berkeley and Erik Garrison of The University of Tennessee Health Science Center found.

Eight sub-male seals were seen on an underwater camera near a lab, including one named for a Beach Boys vocalist who visited dozens of times. Researchers including Héloïse Frouin-Mouy of the University of Miami and Rodney Rountree of the University of Victoria are harnessing the data to learn more about the "elusive" species.

Experts could one day harness this potential mosquito weakness to better combat malaria, according to researchers including Saumya Gupta and Jeff Riffell of the University of Washington.

A neurohormone that affects the human gallbladder might help keep other species alive by allowing them to detach body parts, according to researchers including Maurice Elphick of Queen Mary University of London and Ana Belén Tinoco Pérez of QUML and the Universidad de Cádiz.