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Alzheimer’s Disease Advance
There are reasons to be very positive about this result, but also reasons to be very cautious
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Anti-Gravity Machine for Levitating Fruit Flies
A powerful magnetic field counteracted Earth's gravity and disrupted gene expression during development
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Oldest Animals Ever Discovered
The sponge-like organisms date back to about 760 million years ago, extending the known time span of animals by 17 percent
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The Wandering Albatross and Global Warming
The giant oceanic birds are producing more and plumper chicks, at least for now
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What Happens Before a Volcano Blows?
Volcanologists thought that the buildup to an eruption would take centuries. But this report adds to a suspicion that it can happen faster than expected
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What the Inuit Taught Scientists About Killer Whales
The native people knew what orcas ate, how they hunted prey, how the prey responded to the whales and when and where predation occurred
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Telomeres and Longevity in Zebra Finches
A study in birds confirms that protective caps on chromosomes predict a longer lifespan
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How Animals Prepare for an Alien Invasion
Why can some--but only some--bluetongue skinks eat a toad that is poisonous to eat or even lick?
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What Robot Fish Can Tell Us About Parallel Evolution
When housed in an aquarium with a swirling robotic school, what determines whether a fish will join the crowd?
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Boa Constrictors Get a Feel for Their Prey
What makes a snake stop squeezing? We do science to prove ourselves wrong, because the answer people predicted is not the correct answer
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The Eastern Pacific Black Ghost Shark
<em>Hydrolagus melanophasma</em>, a new species of fish, was named from specimens collected over the last several decades off the coast of California
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