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Houseplants. (Kaboompics/Pixabay)

Smart Houseplants

July 20, 2018

Could genetically engineered houseplants protect our homes?

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Cancer vs. Cancer

July 17, 2018

Turning cancer cells into cancer-fighting machines.

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Aerial-view-of-some-of-the-fish-salting-tanks-cetaria-in-the-ancient-Roman-city-of-Baelo-Claudia-near-todays-Tarifa-in-Spain.-The-largest-circular-tank-is-3-meters-wide-with-a-18m3-capacity. (D. Bernal-Casasola, University of Cadiz)

Lost Whales

July 16, 2018

Whales used the Mediterranean as breeding grounds during ancient Roman times.

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Made from Lego bricks and a smart phone, a device is connected to free software and utilizes the phone's camera to identify and detect nerve agents, like VX and sarin. (University of Texas at Austin)

Lego Nerve Gas Detector

July 10, 2018

Chemists design a mobile, affordable nerve gas detector out of Lego bricks.

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An orangutan mother and infant in heavily disturbed landscape dominated by oil palm plantations in the Lower Kinabatangan floodplain, Malaysia Borneo. (HUTAN KOCP Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme)

Orangutan Resilience

July 9, 2018

Orangutans may be more resilient to human disturbance than once thought.

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Chihuahuas trace their DNA back to European breeds rather than ancient American dogs. BarnImages/Pixabay/CCO)

North American Dogs

July 6, 2018

What happened to ancient American dogs, and where did they come from in the first place?

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Microbial Protein Feed

July 3, 2018

Could microorganisms be the key to producing more sustainable protein for the growing human …

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(Robert Lachlan)

Songbird Culture

June 26, 2018

How a small songbird’s cultural traditions persist for more than a thousand years.

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Daily Tweet Cycle

June 25, 2018

Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?

Read moreDaily Tweet Cycle
In a zebrafish larva, a dark umbrella formed by pigmented cells (white arrows point to these black spots in box, left) in the kidney protects vulnerable stem cells from damaging UV light. Right image is a closeup of the box. Scale bars equal 100 micrometers (left) and 50 micrometers (right). (F. Kapp et al./Nature 2018)

Stem Cell Umbrellas

June 19, 2018

Pigmented cells shade blood producing cells from sun damage in the kidneys of fish.

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A captive bumblebee walks across the surface of an artificial flower, working out the pattern of scent that has been made by placing peppermint oil in some of the holes. (Dave Lawson, University of Bristol)

Bees Smell Flowers

June 18, 2018

Flowers produce invisible smell patterns on their surfaces to lure bees in.

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Spectral tarsiers from Indonesia have five functioning chitinase genes and can digest the exoskeletons of insects like this grasshopper. Quentin Martinez)

Our Insect-Eating Ancestors

May 22, 2018

What did our mammalian ancestors eat during the age of the dinosaurs? The answer might bug you.

Read moreOur Insect-Eating Ancestors
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