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  Ancient Chinese Remedy May Work for Flu

  Roots of a plant produces natural antiviral compounds that kill the swine flu virus, H1N1.

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  Houseplants Make Air Healthier

  Houseplants can clear indoor air of ozone.

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  Giant Plant Eats Rodents

  A newly discovered plant is a vicious meat-eater.

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  Ants Ruin Plants' Sex Life

  Why do ants sterilize their host trees?

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  Space Wheat Could Feed Astronauts on Mars

  Long-term spaceflight exposure doesn't change later generations of wheat seeds, new research found.

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  Pot-Bellied Dinosaur Skeleton Found in Utah

  Remains of a pot-bellied dinosaur shed light on evolution of paleo veggie diets.

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  Strange Plant Waters Itself

  Researchers have discovered how a desert plant brings water to itself.

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  Pitcher Plant Doubles as Toilet

  A tropical pitcher plant feeds on an animal's feces.

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  Global Biosphere Images Reveal Changes in Plant Growth

  NASA has released a series of images that illustrate how the Earth's plant growth has changed over the past 11 years.

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  Red Glow Sheds Light on Ocean Health

  Satellite makes first measurements of red fluorescence from marine phytoplankton.

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  Scientists Tackle Climate Model Mystery

  Input: more leafy vegetation. Output: less rainfall.

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  Newfound Lichen Species Named for Obama

  Newly discovered lichen species named for Obama to honor support of science.

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  Mutant Plants Cultivated: Odd Growth in the 'Gene-House'

  Researchers build the world's largest library of food plant genes by finding mutant genes, then grow the plant to see what happens. They call this process 'tilling.'.

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  Saving Hawaii From Alien Plants

  Scientists are providing information that may help slow the spread of non-native plant species in Hawai'i.

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  Human Hair Makes Good Fertilizer

  Study finds human hair can work as fertilizer for slow-growing plants.

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  Nuclear Fusion Moves One Step Closer

  MIT research finds way around one snag in creating nuclear fusion reactors.

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  Iceman Mummy Had Moss in His Tummy

  Iceman may have accidentally drank water containing one of the mosses and used another to wrap food.

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  Origin of Sex Pinned Down

  Scientists find early stage of sex chromosome evolution in strawberry plants.

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  How Plants Become Annuals vs. Perennials

  The difference comes down to two critical flower-inducing genes.

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  Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets

  From the moment we saw it, we knew the place held many great secrets.

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  Tiny Skull Sheds Light on Strange Dinosaur Diets

  One of the smallest dinosaur skulls belonged to a pipsqueak juvenile that ate both meat and plants.