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Top Stories | November 20
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Brains are probably not what powers the invasive bee’s takeover from European honeybees
Comparing the DNA in modern birds to that in ancient generations shows molecular evolution happens at varying rates, and that each species has its own rate of evolution.
Streamside wildflower holds back on leaf competition when roots meet close kin
Fossils suggest that the bipedal dinosaur occasionally walked on all fours and could open its mouth wide to gather foliage.
In a first, a study shows that bioluminescence can be controlled by slow-acting hormones, not rapid-fire nerve cells.
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Acoustical study of male songs shows first evidence of the whales responding musically to each other.
A new study begins to decode pheromone messages and finds that the same chemicals that attract can also maintain the species barrier.
Fossil analyses hint that several species thrived during the world’s largest mass extinction.
A new technique allows scientists to map the 3-D structure of the entire human genome.
Macaque mothers and infants engage in emotional interactions similar to those of human moms and their babies, a new study suggests.
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