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Ants Rely on Chemicals to ID EnemiesSpecial antenna structures decide friend or foe.
insects -
Super Geckos Excel without SexFemale clones are faster and stronger than normal offspring.
lizards -
Genetic Time Travel: Scientists Decode DNA of Extinct AnimalTechnique shown to work. Next up: Neanderthals. What about dinosaurs?
neanderthals -
Dancing Bees Speak in CodeBees can't talk, but they can sure shimmy. Radio tracking reveals an amazing form of communication that leads the hive to food.
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No Cure for Common Cold, but a Wiggle in the Right DirectionCompounds found to close the door on virus replication.
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H2O or H1.5O? Water Mystery SolvedA new experiment overturns previous studies that suggested water wasn't always what we thought.
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Only in California: Daily Earthquake ForecastsOnline map shows local shaking probability statewide.
earthquakes -
Stegosaur Spikes Just for Looks, Dino Experts SayThe bizarre plates and spikes were a prehistoric version of peacock feathers, study finds.
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Large California Earthquake Possible Within 30 Years, Geologists WarnHistory suggests a 20 to 70 percent chance of big temblor on the San Andreas.
earthquakes -
World's Fastest Plant: New Speed Record SetTiny flower springs open in a fraction of a second to spread its pollen.
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New Robots Clone ThemselvesMachines build copies of themselves, mimicking living organisms.
robotics -
New Tricycle Morphs into Bike on the GoRadical design allows three wheels to become two as a toddler peddles faster.
technology -
Palmtop Nuclear Fusion Device InventedNuclear reactions produced in relatively low-tech apparatus.
engineering -
Time to Redefine the Kilogram, Scientists ArgueExperts say a 115-year-old artifact should be retired in favor of a more precise standard.
technology -
Crumbled Tombstones Lead to New View of 1906 EarthquakeShakeMap, based on the San Francisco catastrophe, predicts localized intensities of an earthquake minutes after it occurs.
earthquakes -
Creatures Survive Environment that Dissolves NailsThe microbes intrigue scientists who consider life on other planets.
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Gasping for Air: Lack of Oxygen Worsened the 'Great Dying'Low levels of oxygen made for a sluggish recovery from the Great Dying 250 million years ago.
animals -
Slime-mold Beetles Named for Bush, Cheney and RumsfeldThree new species get highly political names.
planet-earth -
New Glue Derived from Clinging MusselsWood adhesives are based on tenacious grip of the mollusk.
chemistry -
Darwin Scores a Point in DNA Test of FishGeographic isolation is not key to fish speciation in a new study.
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Latest Buzz: Fly Brains Manipulated by Remote ControlFlies jump when laser triggers response in genetically modified brain.
neuroscience -
Why Major Earthquakes are UnderestimatedBoth big Indonesian quakes were upgraded after initial estimates.
earthquakes -
Ice Ages Blamed on Tilted EarthNew study finds changes in the planet's wobble are tied to glacial cycles.
climate-change -
Mystery Behind Monday's 'Great' EarthquakeScientists don't yet know why no major tsunami was generated.
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