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- Animals
Mosquitoes Remade
Scientists reinvent agents of illness to become allies in fight against disease.
- Chemistry
Too-young caterpillars like scent of sex
Larvae respond to mate-attracting pheromones, raising evolutionary questions about what a very grown-up chemical signal could mean to them.
- Life
Tree cricket song has note of variability
Wings’ length, individual segments allow species to produce mating calls in range of frequencies.
- Chemistry
Terminator termites have unique technique
Age intensifies likelihood of workers turning into tiny suicide bombers.
- Life
Daytime anesthesia gives bees jet lag
Honeybees, as stand-ins for surgery patients, show drug’s aftereffects as biorhythms get out sync.
- Life
DNA to flutter by
The complete genetic instruction book for making monarch butterflies contains information about how the insects manage their long migration to Mexico.
- Life
Blue light tells plants when to flower
Protein that marks day length also coordinates blooming genes.
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Aliens in Antarctica
Visitors carry unwelcome species into a once pristine environment.
- Life
Mild winters may shift spread of mosquito-borne illness
By pushing insects to start biting mammals earlier in the year, warmer cold months could increase the transmission of a brain virus affecting people and horses.
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- Life
Bee genes may drive them to adventure
Scouting behavior linked to certain molecules in insect brains.
- Animals
Face Smarts
Macaques, sheep and even wasps may join people as masters at facial recognition.
