Environment
Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects
A mouthful of sand is no fun 鈥� and plants seem to know it. Some have evolved to take up silicon and make themselves less tasty for insects
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Life
Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian
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Earth
Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously
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Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould
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Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales
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Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)
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Sneaky beetles evolved disguise to look like ants, then eat them
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Environment
Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used
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Environment
Translucent helmeted cockroach looks like an alien with a halo
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Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains
It鈥檚 long been thought that living in a group leads to bigger brains 鈥� including in humans. But a surprising finding in woodpeckers shows this isn鈥檛 always the case
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Humans
Subway chicken row shows faith in food is still a battleground
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Earth
Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air
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Environment
First-ever underwater video of the elusive True’s beaked whale
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WW2 bomb craters are a home to rare and vulnerable animals
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