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An international team of researchers has discovered evidence of 27 previously unknown viruses in bees. The finding could help scientists design strategies to prevent...
The seed that could bring clean water to millions
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Scientists calculate impact of China’s ban on plastic waste imports
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The sounds of climate change
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Encrypted messages in biological processes
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Dry landscapes can increase disease transmission
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Possible link found between diabetes and common white pigment
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Short-term responses to climate change-mediated disasters can be maladaptive in long-term
Short-term management responses to climate change-mediated disasters can be maladaptive in the long-term.
Beluga whales have sensitive hearing, little age-related loss
Scientists published the first hearing tests on a wild population of healthy marine mammals. The tests on beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska, revealed...
New theory deepens understanding of Turing patterns in biology
A team of researchers have expanded Alan Turing's seminal theory on how patterns are created in biological systems. This work may answer whether nature's...
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