Ten thousand years ago, orangutans were found throughout Southeast Asia, ranging all the way into southern China. Their populations probably numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Today, these great apes are found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Estimates place the current population at around 55,000, and with their rain forest habitat shrinking [...]

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Maybe that gizmo on Bush’s back is giving him electric shocks. According to a new report in the journal Nature, a team of scientists at the National Institutes of Health have discovered that running a slight current through a patient’s brain can boost verbal skills. They’re speculating that the charge affects the electrical properties of [...]