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Biomaterials with 'Frankenstein proteins' help heal tissue

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Tracking the movement of the tropics 800 years into the past

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Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery

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Molecular details of protein reveal glimpse into how kidney stones form

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Small-brained female guppies aren't drawn to attractive males

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Scorpion census: Researchers update global record of medically significant scorpions

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Success is sweet: Researchers unlock the mysteries of the sugarcane genome

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Mysterious kidney disease on the rise in South Asia

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Amazon rainforest conservation victories spill losses to neighbors

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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

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Tropical frogs found to coexist with deadly fungus

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Complex factors can drive the emergence and evolution of plant pathogens

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No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms

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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

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Biologists find new genetic interdependence between mothers and their offspring

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Wild suburbia

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Songbird data yields new theory for learning sensorimotor skills

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CRISPR tames the wild groundcherry

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In dangerous fungal family's befriending of plants, a story of loss

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How some algae may survive climate change

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Large stretches of coral reefs can be rehabilitated

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Taking out the (life-threatening) garbage: Bacteria eject trash to survive

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Bees' medicine chest should include sunflower pollen, UMass Amherst study suggests

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Sunflower pollen has medicinal, protective effects on bees

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Stanford engineers study hovering bats and hummingbirds in Costa Rica

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Climate change not main driver of amphibian decline

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The grim, final days of a mother octopus

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NSF awards $15 million to understand how people can better interact with the environment

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Burst of morning gene activity tells plants when to flower

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