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Health & MedicineThe salmon that went moo
People allergic to milk products could face potentially life-threatening risks by eating casein-treated fish.
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AnimalsWho’s on first with hummingbird bills
A survey of 166 hummingbird species links sex differences in bill length to sex differences in plumage and to breeding behavior.
By Susan Milius -
Handsome blue tit dads have more sons
A female blue tit with a particularly dashing mate is more likely to have sons than is a female matched with a ho-hum guy.
By Susan Milius -
AnimalsMarine Mules: Near-sterile hyrids boost coral diversity
Reef corals that spawn in great mixed-up soups of many species may be maintaining their diversity because their hybrids are sterile mules.