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By Philip Ball of Nature magazine Why are we so complicated? You might imagine that we've evolved that way because it conveys adaptive benefits.

Set for theatrical release in only a few days, the 3-D documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" explores the famed Chauvet Cave in Southern France.

Set for theatrical release in only a few days, the 3-D documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" explores the famed Chauvet Cave in Southern France. Scientifc American interviewed director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn) about the film.

If you're ever pursued by a colony of fire ants , it might occur to you to try to escape their painful, itchy stings by diving into the nearest body of water. Wrong move. It turns out that thousands of fire ants can easily self-assemble into a waterproof raft, which can float on water for months.

By Joseph Milton of Nature magazine A key feature of human childbirth, long thought to be unique to Homo sapiens --the arrival of the baby facing backwards relative to its mother--has been observed in our closest living relatives, chimpanzees.

What's cooler than Danny Trejo as a knife-wielding outlaw in Machete?

Journalist Charles Choi talks about work being done to make robots self-aware. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web pages related to this episode include " Automaton, Know Thyself: Robots Become Self-Aware " and "New Challenges for Evolution Education" [More]