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Dec 20, 2024, 10:44 am By NULLResearchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered that a protein which mediates the…The science behind Christmas trees: How conifers brave winter's worst
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Dec 20, 2024, 9:50 am By NULLScientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes, making them safer to eat…Sea snakes regain advanced color vision, recovering a complex trait once lost to evolutionary time
Dec 20, 2024, 9:43 am By NULLNine species of sea snakes have now been identified as having regained the genetic requirements for…Simulations of hominin Lucy help show how long distance running evolved in modern humans
Dec 20, 2024, 9:38 am By NULLA team of natural scientists, musculoskeletal specialists, and evolutionary biologists affiliated…Rare species found 'thriving' in streams after rescue from wildfires
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Dec 20, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLThe war in Ukraine is causing hunger thousands of miles from the battlefields, according to a study…Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas, new discoveries suggest
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Dec 19, 2024, 3:06 pm By NULLA concentrated sugar solution could be just as effective as antibiotics at treating a common…Newly identified mysterious fossil seed reveals Ice Age climate patterns
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Dec 19, 2024, 2:59 pm By NULLAt one time or another, most of us have played with a flipbook, using our thumbs to rapidly flip a…Extended chart of life shows ancient species may have evolved slower and lasted longer
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Dec 19, 2024, 2:00 pm By NULLScientists have uncovered a new role for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses.…Biotic factors contribute more to aboveground biomass across scales
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Dec 19, 2024, 1:32 pm By NULLAn international team of scientists on board a recent Schmidt Ocean Institute R/V Falkor (too)…
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