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Plants

How to eavesdrop on kelp

Sounds reverberating through a kelp bed can be linked to environmental factors, suggesting a low-key way to monitor undersea communities.

Genetics

Double-duty DNA plays a role in birth and death

Coronary artery disease may be the price humans pay for improved fertility.

Planetary Science

The moon might have had a heavy metal atmosphere with supersonic winds

Heat from a glowing infant Earth could have vaporized the moon’s metals into an atmosphere as thick as Mars’, a new simulation shows.

Plants

Petunias spread their scent using pushy proteins

Scent molecules hitch a ride on a particular protein to escape flowers.