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Farm plants may help fight infections, teen finds
This middle-school student’s homegrown solutions may point to new ways to take down bacteria.
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Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
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- Animals
Bees may survive a swim by heading for the dark [COMIC]
Researchers recently learned that bees can swim. New findings show that bees paddle toward shade and dark to reach shore.
- Animals
Among naked mole-rats, a royal’s scent keeps the peace
The special scent made only by breeding queens keeps the commoners in her colony from fighting or reproducing.
- Animals
Cuddling helps apes keep the peace
Humans could learn from chimpanzees and bonobos. When things get tense, these apes turn to group members for hugs, touches and other physical comfort.
- Tech
Like an armadillo, a new soft robot rolls up to protect itself
Like the three-banded armadillo, this device can roll up to shield its innards, such as sensitive electronics and a small payload.
- Animals
Here’s how ‘singing’ mice belt out their tiny tunes
Balloon-like air sacs in the mice's throats create whistling songs. No other animal is known to make calls in this way.
- Animals
This tree is the number one choice for forest mammals going number two
The strangler fig provides food and shelter for animals in the tropics. For at least 17 mammal species, it also serves as a toilet.
- Animals
Watch the first sperm whale birth caught on video by scientists
The footage shows other sperm whales huddled around the mother, helping lift the newborn calf to the surface until it’s ready to swim.
- Tech
Backyard leafhoppers inspire next-generation cloaking tech
Engineers are borrowing this insect’s trick, an "invisibility cloak" of anti-reflective spheres. It could lead to new clean energy tech or military gear.
- Animals
Intricate silk helps net-casting spiders trap prey in webs
Rufous net-casting spiders can adjust the stiffness and stretchiness of their webs thanks to looping strands of silk.
