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19th-century bee cells in a Panamanian cathedral shed light on human impact on ecosystems
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West Nile virus triggers brain inflammation by inhibiting protein degradation
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New study provides insights for detecting the invasive brown treesnake
Visual surveys alone cannot sufficiently detect the Brown Treesnake (BTS), which was introduced to the island of Guam around the time of WWII and...
Mortality costs of air pollution in US
Scholars have studied the effects of acute fine particulate matter exposure on mortality, health care use and medical costs among older Americans through Medicare...
Vomiting bumblebees show that sweeter is not necessarily better
Animal pollinators support the production of three-quarters of the world's food crops, and many flowers produce nectar to reward the pollinators. A new study...
Advancing the application of genomic sequences through ‘Kmasker plants’
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