Life
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Ecosystems
Human ‘Signature’ in Fish Losses
Why the whales-ate-my-fish argument doesn't hold water.
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Ecosystems
On Whales’ Appetites: What a Waste
An advocacy group and renowned scientist floundered in an attempt to compel opinion shapers with the science showing that industrial fleets, not whales, pose a serious threat to fish stocks.
By Janet Raloff -
Life
Nearly immortal sea creature spreads
Hydrozoan with reversible life cycle now found worldwide.
By Susan Milius -
Humans
Whaling back to the future
International commission meets after soul-searching on years of dispute.
By Susan Milius -
Life
When cells go quiet
Connections between nerve cells may be lost when communication between the cells lapses.
By Amy Maxmen -
Plants
Forest invades tundra
The Arctic tundra is under assault from trees, with serious implications for global climate change.
By Janet Raloff -
Chemistry
Catching your breath
Scientists are investigating how to use the human breath to diagnose diseases and environmental ills.
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Animals
Peril of play
A new study shows that playful 2-year-old chimpanzees may be particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases — some caught from humans.
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Health & Medicine
Stomaching diabetes
A new way to treat diabetes could recruit cells in the gut to make insulin when the pancreas can’t.
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Agriculture
A vanilla Vanilla
The orchid that gives us vanilla beans has startlingly low genetic diversity, suggesting crops might be susceptible to pathogens, researchers report.
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Health & Medicine
Where funny faces come from
Making a face might have helped human ancestors survive.
By Amy Maxmen -
Animals
Squeaky chimp sex, or not
Female chimps tend toward silent sex when the other girls could overhear.
By Susan Milius