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Science News of the Year 2002
A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2002.
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I enjoy your well-written articles, obviously by individuals who are not only proficient in their fields, but who also have great verbal skills and an excellent grasp of the English language. Therefore, it was with a great deal of surprise and dismay that I read the revolting title “Flood’s rising? Quick, start peeing!” Helen Burkin […]
- Animals
Lemonade from Broken Amber
The fossilized microbes found inside termites that have been encased in amber for 20 million years are remarkably similar to those found within the ancient insects' modern cousins.
- Animals
Microbe lets mite dads perform virgin birth
A gender-bent mite—in which altered males give birth as virgins—turns out to be the first species discovered to live and reproduce with only one set of chromosomes.
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- Materials Science
Droplets string themselves together
Under the right conditions, mixing two incompatible polymers can produce drops that organize themselves into strings.
- Paleontology
Did ancient superbees squash diversity?
The recent discovery of several dozen extinct bee species in ancient amber deposits has led one paleontologist to propose that the very success of some bees' social lifestyle led to today's dearth of hive-dwelling species.
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Science News of the Year 2001
A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2001.
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A More Perfect Union
Forsaking life in the outside world, endosymbiotic bacteria of some insects traded freedom and nutrients for life inside a cell.
