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Environmental: Ecosystems
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Being near pollinator habitat linked to larger soybean size - Being Near Pollinator Habitat Linked to Larger Soybean Size      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have found that soybean crops planted near pollinator habitat produce larger soybeans th ...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Octopus sleep is surprisingly similar to humans and contains a wake-like stage      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have closely examined the brain activity and skin patterning in octopuses (Octopus laque...

Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Insect protein slows weight gain, boosts health status in obese mice      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study in mice suggests replacing traditional protein sources with mealworms in high-fat diets...

Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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(How) cells talk to each other      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Like us, cells communicate. Well, in their own special way. Using waves as their common language, ce...

Biology: Developmental Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Scientists discover secret of virgin birth, and switch on the ability in female flies      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause for virgin birth for the first time, and once switched on...

Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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New chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don't exist in nature      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Chemists describe a powerful new way to create new-to-nature, 'unnatural' amino acids, which could f...

Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Latest in body art? 'Tattoos' for individual cells      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Engineers have developed nanoscale tattoos -- dots and wires that adhere to live cells -- in a break...

Biology: Microbiology Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Fiber from crustaceans, insects, mushrooms promotes digestion      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Crustaceans, insects and mushrooms are rich sources of the dietary fiber chitin, which activates the...

Biology: Zoology Ecology: Animals Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Unique voice print in parrots      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Individual voice could help birds be recognized in a flock, no matter what they say....

Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Hippos' prominent tusks and wide gaping mouths prevent efficient, grinding chewing      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Hippos' huge tusks and wide gape restrict grinding jaw movements, making their chewing inefficient,...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Bumblebees drop to shake off Asian hornets      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Bumblebees have a remarkably successful method for fighting off Asian hornets, new research shows....

Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered. The results prov...

Ecology: Trees
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Gene variation makes apple trees 'weep,' improving orchards      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Plant geneticists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes the 'weeping' architecture -- bra ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Zoology Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Rats have an imagination, new research suggests      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have developed a novel system to probe a rat's thoughts, finding that animals can contro...

Chemistry: General Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry Engineering: Nanotechnology
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Scaling up the power of nanotechnology      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers created a proof of concept of a nanocapsule -- a microscopic container -- capable of del...

Biology: Developmental Offbeat: Computers and Math Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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The 'unknome': A database of human genes we know almost nothing about      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers hope that a new, publicly available database they have created will shrink, not grow, ov...

Biology: Developmental Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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This sea worm's posterior body part swims away, and now scientists know how      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A research team shows how the expression of developmental genes in the Japanese green syllid worms,...