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Nicotine enhances bees’ activity

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This research adds to our understanding of how bees -- insects with a brain no bigger than a pinhead -- can perform complex tasks. Credit:...
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Cockatoos keep their tools safe

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Only a few animal species such as New Caledonian crows or some primates have so far been found to habitually use tools. Even fewer...
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NASA’s EPIC view spots flashes on Earth

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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...
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Nutrition linked to brain health and intelligence in older adults

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Lutein helps with the preservation of “crystallized intelligence" and is acquire through the diet, primarily through eating leafy green vegetables, cruciferous vegetables such as...
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Gladiator games: In the natural world, biodiversity can offer protection to weaker species

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In a series of paired interactions, the most competitive fungus was Phlebiopsis flavidoalba, which is the top fungus in the upper right corner of...
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Grassy beginning for earliest Homo

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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...
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Study expands understanding of how the brain encodes fear memory

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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...
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Path to end HIV could be within reach for United States in next decade

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Is the end of the HIV epidemic within sight? Credit: © designer491 / Fotolia The United States could be on track within the next decade to...
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Climate change: Extreme rainfall will vary between regions

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Flooded street. Credit: © kasto / Fotolia A new study by researchers from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich shows that the...
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Carnivorous plant’s prized genetic treasures, unveiled

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This is a scanning electron micrograph of the bladder of Utricularia gibba, the humped bladderwort plant (color added). The plant is a voracious carnivore,...
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Stretching the limits of elastic conductors

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Each fingertip pressure sensor mounted on this glove is connected to an LED. The intensity of the LEDs varies according to the pressure applied...