National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

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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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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Songbird data yields new theory for learning sensorimotor skills

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

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Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic

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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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Bacteria's password for sporulation hasn't changed in 2.7 billion years

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NSF announces new awards for Understanding the Rules of Life

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What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists

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Media invited to NSF for distinguished lecture with Boston University’s Michael Dietze

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Diverse forests are stronger against drought

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Lord of the wings

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NSF, NIEHS award $30 million for new research on links among oceans, lakes and human health

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New genetics tool helps answer evolutionary questions

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Gut microbes' role in mammals' evolution starts to become clearer

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