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Vast Diversity of Arthropods in Small Patch of Rain Forest
Though birds, trees, and orchids call the tropical rain forest home, they are immensely outnumbered by tiny arthropods, such...
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Biologic Link to Homosexuality
Epigenetics — how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches called epi-marks — appears to be critical in determining...
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New Study Reveals Overeating Larger Problem Than Malnourishment
For the first time in history, a study shows that the number of years of healthy living lost because...
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Extreme Weather More Persuasive on Climate Change Than Scientists
AP poll shows that events like superstorm Sandy are succeeding with climate sceptics where scientists have been failing
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Liberals, Conservatives More Alike Than You Think
With media figureheads like Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore representing the right and left, it’s no wonder conservatives and...
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‘Marine’ Fossils May Instead Represent Early Land Dwellers
The fossils of various frondlike and sacklike organisms that supposedly lived at the bottom of ancient oceans may actually...
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Primate Species: New Slow Loris Found in Borneo
A new species of small nocturnal primate has been discovered by scientists in Borneo. The primate is a type of...
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Holy Cow! First Cheesemakers Date Back 7,500 Years
The first direct signs of cheesemaking now seen in potsherds from Poland may help reveal how animal milk dramatically...
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DNA From Prehistoric Yeast Cells Reconstructed
How does evolution innovate? We exist because our ancestors have had the ability to adapt successfully to changes in...
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Mighty Old Trees Are Perishing Fast
The death rate of many of the biggest and oldest trees around the world is increasing rapidly, scientists report...