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8,242 results for: Fish

  1. Humans

    Copycats prevail in computerized survival game

    A virtual contest suggests that imitation beats innovation in the natural world.

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  2. Math

    Million-dollar math prize awarded, but not necessarily accepted

    The reclusive mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture may or may not claim his prize.

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  3. Chemistry

    A new source of dioxins: Clean hands

    Manufacturers have been adding the germ fighter triclosan to soaps, hand washes, and a range of other products for years. But here’s a dirty little secret: Once it washes down the drain, that triclosan can spawn dioxins.

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  4. Earth

    Antidepressants make for sad fish

    Fish may suffer substantially from even brief encounters with antidepressants, which wastewater releases into river water.

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  5. Ecosystems

    Pigeons usually let best navigator take the lead

    One bird usually leads the flock, but sometimes another gets a turn at the helm.

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  6. Humans

    Is Your Fish Oil Polluted?

    Clues to gauging the likely purity of fish-oil capsules.

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  7. Earth

    Antidepressants Aren’t for Fish

    Antidepressants can play potentially dangerous mind games with fish.

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  8. Space

    Europa’s proposed ocean could be rich in oxygen

    A proposed ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa may receive about 100 times more oxygen than previously estimated.

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  9. Poseidon’s Steed: The Story of Seahorse, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales

    A marine biologist distinguishes fact from fiction about these famous and elusive fish. Gotham Books, 2009, 254 p., $24. POSEIDON’S STEED: THE STORY OF SEAHORSE, FROM MYTH TO REALITY BY HELEN SCALES

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  10. Life

    Schools make fish smarter

    A study of consensus decision making shows that sticklebacks make wider choices in groups of three or more.

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  11. Book Review: Diagnosis: Mercury Money, Politics & Poison by Jane M. Hightower

    Review by Janet Raloff.

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  12. Plants

    Losing life’s variety

    2010 is the deadline set for reversing declines in biodiversity,  but little has been accomplished.

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