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Lazy ants make themselves useful in unexpected ways

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Study negates concerns regarding radioactivity in migratory seafood

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Spaser can detect, kill circulating tumor cells to prevent cancer metastases, study finds

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Computer approaches human skill for first time in mapping brain

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Mapping the brain, neuron by neuron

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New microscope technique reveals internal structure of live embryos

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Researchers discover potentially harmful nanoparticles produced through burning coal

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Scientists link biodiversity genomics with museum wisdom through new public database

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Baby fish exercising, a surprising source of adaptive variation in fish jaws

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Shedding light deeper into the human brain

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Scientists enlist baker's yeast in a hunt for new medicines

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Ecological underpinnings of rural poverty

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Video: Biologist Sean B. Carroll on ecosystem resilience

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Stanford scientists create a cellular guillotine for studying single-cell wound repair

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Mechanism shown to reverse disease in arteries

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Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution

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Mountain lions fear humans, fleeing when they hear our voices, new study reveals

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African leopards revealed: Study documents minute-to-minute behavior of elusive cats

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Birds of a feather

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Lab-on-a-chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants

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Space-traveling flatworms help scientists enhance understanding of regenerative health

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Scientists find world's oldest fossil mushroom

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Penn physicists discover why drying liquid crystal drops leave unusual 'coffee rings'

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Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth's biodiversity

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Ecology team finds leaf litter has slower decomposition rate in warm temperatures than previously estimated

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Wasps and wine: Paper wasps contribute to sour rot disease, a scourge of wine industry

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Barley genome sequenced

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Kent State University at Stark research unravels mysteries of mouthparts of butterflies

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Fish social lives may be key to saving coral reefs

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