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Biophysicists Uncover Powerful Symmetries in Living Tissue
“It was pretty amazing how well the experimental data and numerical simulation matched,” Eckert said. In fact, it matched so…
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Everyone Was Wrong About Why Cats Purr
Feline researchers have long believed that purring is produced by voluntary muscle contractions, but a new report indicates that this…
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Why Scientists Are Bugging the Rainforest
Bioacoustics can’t fully replace ecology fieldwork, but can provide reams of data that would be extremely expensive to collect by…
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The Secret of How Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scientists have come to realize that in the soil and…
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The World’s Largest—and Stinkiest—Flower Is in Danger of Extinction
This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Parasitic, elusive, and emitting an…
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Florida’s War With Invasive Pythons Has a New Twist
That has created a problem. Around 2010, soon after meeting this big, new predator that could outcompete and eat them,…
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The Mystery Genes That Are Keeping You Alive | WIRED
When it came to the substantial number that were unknown, the team conducted one more study, using the best understood…
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‘These animals are so often demonized:’ Alberta reptile community comments after fire – Edmonton
Some individuals from Alberta’s reptile group are talking out following home fireplace Wednesday the place a lot of reptiles…
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