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6,812 results for: Insects

  1. Paleontology

    Early ants may have had complex social lives, fossil data suggests

    The earliest ants may have been primed for a highly social life — 100 million years ago, the insects had antennae tuned to key communication functions.

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  2. Animals

    Getting wild mosquitoes back to the lab alive takes a custom backpack

    The new low-tech transportation method could help scientists in Africa assess if malaria-carrying mosquitoes are resistant to a common insecticide.

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  3. Animals

    Ethiopian wolves are the first large carnivores found to slurp nectar

    Wolves from three different packs were seen licking red hot poker flowers. That sweet tooth could make them the first known large predator pollinators.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes

    A new gene drive can copy and paste itself into the genomes of herpes simplex viruses in mice. The end goal is a version that disables the virus in humans.

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  5. Climate

    Summer-like heat is scorching the Southern Hemisphere — in winter

    Warmer winters are fast becoming a global phenomenon and can affect everything from the food we grow to the spread of diseases.

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  6. Readers ask about glowing bat toes and a rare particle decay

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  7. Health & Medicine

    HHS says new vaccines should be tested against placebos. They already are

    Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what additional measures would achieve — but it may slow development.

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  8. Animals

    These hornets may be the alcohol-detox champs of the animal world

    Vespa orientalis fed an 80-percent-ethanol brew still did hornet tasks and had normal life spans. This trick may be an adaptation to gut-dwelling yeast.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    People with food and other allergies have a new way to treat severe reactions

    A new epinephrine nasal spray gives people a needle-free way to treat severe allergic reactions to food, insect venom and drugs.

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  10. Readers discuss the psychedelic psilocybin, frogs and UFOs

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  11. Readers are curious about dark matter, plastics’ effects on pollination and Percy’s selfies

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  12. Life

    It’s a big year for cicadas. Here’s what to know about this year’s emergence

    Periodical cicadas are an odd marvel of nature. This year, the biggest brood of all is coming out in the U.S. South while another emerges in the Midwest.

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