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Health & MedicineMorning birds buckle under sleep pressure
Sleep pressure helps set the circadian clocks of early birds and night owls.
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PlantsOops, missed that tree
Until now, an acacia common in its African homeland had no scientific name
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ChemistryYeast bred to bear artificial vanilla
Researchers have co-opted fungi to produce the flavor more efficiently.
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AnimalsAnts do real estate the simple way
Tracking ants with anti-shoplifter RFID tags has inspired a new, simplified view of how a colony finds a home
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EarthA little air pollution boosts vegetation’s carbon uptake
Aerosols bumped up world’s plant productivity by 25 percent in the 1960s and 1970s, new research suggests.