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HumansBabies see human hand behind ordered events
Experiments find that infants attribute actions to people.
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PlantsChemists pin down poppy’s tricks for making morphine
Scientists have figured out two of the final key steps in the chain of chemical reactions that the opium poppy uses to synthesize morphine, suggesting possible signaling strategies for new ways of making the drug and its cousin painkillers.
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ChemistryPit vipers’ night vision explained
A new study finds the protein responsible for snakes’ sense of heat.
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