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6,813 results for: Insects

  1. Animals

    Pirates of the Amphibian: Males fertilize eggs of another guy’s gal

    For the first time among amphibians, scientists have found frogs that sneak their sperm onto egg clutches left by another mating pair.

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  2. Paleontology

    Fossil confirms that early arthropods molted

    A 505-million-year-old fossil provides hard proof of that ancient arthropods shed their exoskeletons during growth, just as their modern relatives do.

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  3. Two egg cells make fatherless mouse

    By fusing two egg cells, researchers have created a mouse with no father.

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  4. Computing

    Calculating Swarms

    Ant teamwork suggests models for computing faster and organizing better.

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  5. Animals

    Thoroughly Modern Migrants

    Butterflies and moths are causing scientists to devise a broader definition of migration and this has raised some old questions in new ways.

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    Your article was such a wonderful example of reporter bias that I had to share it with my children. Growing genetically modified, herbicide-resistant beets and canola “lowers the abundance of other plant species and certain insect groups that typically grow along with these crops.” But genetically modified, herbicide-resistant cornfields “have more weeds and insects than […]

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  7. Humans

    From the August 11, 1934, issue

    Ruins of magnificent Assyrian palace uncovered, termites need fungus to thrive, and Homo sapiens thought to be 10 million years old.

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  8. Bean weevils get a kick out of mates

    Breeding in stored grain throughout the tropics, bean weevils represent an unusually clear example of the evolutionary male-female arms race.

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  9. Worst of Two Worlds: Hybrid mosquitoes spread West Nile virus

    Interbreeding between two Old World mosquito species may explain why their blood-sucking brethren in the United States transmit West Nile virus to people as readily as they do.

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  10. Animals

    Beetle fights bass in mouthwash duel

    A whirligig beetle duels with a hungry fish by dribbling out a repulsive chemical while the fish tries to rinse it off.

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  11. Earth

    Bioengineered crops have mixed eco effects

    An unusually large test of the ecological impact of genetically modified crops finds mixed results, depending on the crop.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Creepy-Crawly Care

    Encouraging results from research on medical uses for maggots and leeches, coupled with recent government approval of both therapies, lend credibility to the idea that some live organisms deserve a place in the medical armamentarium.

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