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AnimalsAnts in the pants drive away birds
Yellow crazy ants can get so annoying that birds don’t eat their normal fruits, a new study finds.
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ChemistryNose knows noxious gases
Dyes on a new sensor react to correctly identify toxic chemicals, scientists find.
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Health & MedicineDiabetes drugs don’t fight inflammation
Two popular diabetes drugs lower blood sugar but don’t reduce markers of inflammation.
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EcosystemsAs climate shifts, birds follow
Most of the birds in California’s Sierra Nevada range are on the move in response to recent climate changes.
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SpaceStellar panorama
A newly released portrait of the cosmos provides a 360-degree, human’s-eye view of the entire sky.