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Nicotine enhances bees’ activity
This research adds to our understanding of how bees -- insects with a brain no bigger than a pinhead -- can perform complex tasks.
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Cockatoos keep their tools safe
Only a few animal species such as New Caledonian crows or some primates have so far been found to habitually use tools. Even fewer...
NASA’s EPIC view spots flashes on Earth
Sun glints off atmospheric ice crystals (circled in red) in this view captured by NASA's EPIC instrument on NOAA's DISCOVR satellite.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Nutrition linked to brain health and intelligence in older adults
Lutein helps with the preservation of “crystallized intelligence" and is acquire through the diet, primarily through eating leafy green vegetables, cruciferous vegetables such as...
Gladiator games: In the natural world, biodiversity can offer protection to weaker species
In a series of paired interactions, the most competitive fungus was Phlebiopsis flavidoalba, which is the top fungus in the upper right corner of...
Grassy beginning for earliest Homo
This wildebeest fossil skull was excavated at the Ledi-Geraru research site, Ethiopia.
Credit: Josh Robinson
In 2013, an ASU research team found the oldest known evidence...
Study expands understanding of how the brain encodes fear memory
This photo shows Jun-Hyeong Cho (left) and Woong Bin Kim.
Credit: Cho lab, UC Riverside
Research published by scientists at the University of California, Riverside on...
Path to end HIV could be within reach for United States in next decade
Is the end of the HIV epidemic within sight?
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The United States could be on track within the next decade to...
Climate change: Extreme rainfall will vary between regions
Flooded street.
Credit: © kasto / Fotolia
A new study by researchers from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich shows that the...
Carnivorous plant’s prized genetic treasures, unveiled
This is a scanning electron micrograph of the bladder of Utricularia gibba, the humped bladderwort plant (color added). The plant is a voracious carnivore,...
Stretching the limits of elastic conductors
Each fingertip pressure sensor mounted on this glove is connected to an LED. The intensity of the LEDs varies according to the pressure applied...
