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Why flies can drink and drink
Fruit flies use sophisticated pumps to suck fluids as thick as syrup.
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Female infidelity may violate goose-gander parity principle
Female birds stray from their mates in part because of cheating genes from their philandering fathers, a zebra finch study suggests.
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Freon: Destroying the ozone layer?
Scientists discovered in the 1970s that chlorofluorocarbons such as Freon were hurting Earth’s ozone layer.
By Science News - Life
Tarantulas shoot silk from their feet
The unique ability may give the heavy spiders a better grip and prevent deadly falls.
By Susan Milius - Life
Life
A look at killer dolphins, plus hibernating plankton, growing mammal brains and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Life
Flower sharing may be unsafe for bees
Wild pollinators are catching domesticated honeybee viruses, possibly by touching the same pollen.
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Hawaiian caterpillars are first known amphibious insects
Developing underwater or above, it’s all good for moths that evolved new lifestyle in the islands
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Science Past from the issue of July 30, 1960
LIP-SMACKING GRASSHOPPER — A grasshopper with a talent for lip-smacking has turned out to be quite an unusual insect. Paratylotropidia brunneri Scudder is the first insect known to communicate over fairly long distances by producing an audible sound from the mouth — literally smacking its lips…. Produced at the rate of six or seven per […]
By Science News - Chemistry
How to bug bugs
New insights on how insect repellents work could eventually help scientists prevent the transmission of diseases like malaria.
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Salamander's algal partners, tool-using capuchins, a beneficial bacterial infection and more in this week's news
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Teamwork keeps fire ants high and dry
Scientists get a look at the physics that floats a bug's boat.