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Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Whiskers help nectar-eating 'acro bats' hover like hummingbirds - Whiskers Help Nectar-Eating 'Acro Bats' Hover Like Hummingbirds      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study found that nectar-feeding bats evolved extra-long whiskers unlike those of any other bat...

Energy: Batteries
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Seaweed-based battery powers confidence in sustainable energy storage - Seaweed-based Battery Powers Confidence in Sustainable Energy Storage      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A team uses nanomaterials made from seaweed to create a strong battery separator, paving the way for...

Biology: Marine
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Shark bites tied for 10-year low in 2022 but spiked in regional hotspots - Shark Bites Tied for 10-Year Low in 2022 but Spiked in Regional Hotspots      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide decreased last year, tying with 2020 for the fewest...

Environmental: General
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Lower energy consumption thanks to daylight-saving time - Lower Energy Consumption Thanks to Daylight-Saving Time      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The elimination of daylight-saving time is a frequently -- and heatedly -- discussed topic. Often, o...

Biology: Developmental
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New study decodes one of the living world's fastest cell movements - New Study Decodes One of the Living World's Fastest Cell Movements      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Heliozoan axopodia are important for their motility. However, the underlying mechanism of their axop...

Ecology: Endangered Species
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Polarity proteins shape efficient 'breathing' pores in grasses - Polarity Proteins: Shaping Efficient 'Breathing' Pores in Grasses      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A research group is studying how plants 'breathe'. They have gained new insights into how grasses de...

Offbeat: Computers and Math
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Designing with DNA - Designing with DNA: The Future of Biotechnology      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Marvel at the tiny nanoscale structures emerging from labs, and it's easy to imagine you're browsing...

Environmental: Biodiversity
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Global wetlands losses overestimated despite high losses in many regions - Global Wetlands Losses Overestimated Despite High Losses in Many Regions      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New analysis shows the U.S. has accounted for more wetland conversion and degradation than any other...

Anthropology: Early Humans
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Ancient tooth unlocks mystery of Denisovans in Asia - Ancient Tooth Unlocks Mystery of Denisovans in Asia      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

What links a finger bone and some fossil teeth found in a cave in the remote Altai Mountains of Sibe...

Space: Cosmology Space: Structures and Features
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Red-supergiant supernova: Secrets of an earlier Universe - Red-Supergiant Supernova: Secrets of an Earlier Universe      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

An international research team has measured the size of a star dating back more than 11 billion year ...

Biology: Microbiology
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New live bacterial product for stubborn superbug improves quality of life - New Live Bacterial Product for Stubborn Superbug Improves Quality of Life      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The stubborn superbug Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, may have met its match. A esearcher is repo...

Offbeat: Earth and Climate
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Flowers show their true colors - Flowers Show Their True Colors: The Science Behind Flower Pigmentation      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A plant common to Japan, Causonis japonica, is the first to show a newly discovered trait. Its flowe...

Paleontology: Climate
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Greenland ice sheet: Short-lived ice streams - Greenland Ice Sheet: Short-Lived Ice Streams      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Major ice streams can shut down, shifting rapid ice transport to other parts of the ice sheet, withi...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics
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Autonomous crawling soft 'ringbots' can navigate narrow gaps - Autonomous Crawling Soft 'Ringbots' Can Navigate Narrow Gaps      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have created a ring-shaped soft robot capable of crawling across surfaces when exposed t...

Space: Structures and Features
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Hunting for gravitational waves from monster black holes - Hunting for Gravitational Waves from Monster Black Holes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Our universe is a chaotic sea of ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. Astronomers think...