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The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.
Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without seeds or sexual reproduction.
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The elm zigzag sawfly has spread to 15 states in five years. Now it's attacking the tree that cities planted to replace Dutch elm disease victims.
Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong asteroids.
The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.
The federal move to no longer recommend certain vaccines for all U.S. children is not supported by new evidence and could undermine health gains.
Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide.
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