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  1. New ant species plunders other ants’ farms

    A newly discovered Megalomyrmex ant specializes in raiding the nest gardens of fungus-cultivating ant species.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Vision: The risks of being too fat or too tall

    Excess weight or height can have a blinding impact, fostering the development of cataracts.

    By Janet Raloff

  3. 18914

    So some neo-Darwinist DNA researchers found that a few genes link a shrew and an elephant (“Genes seem to link unlikely relatives,” SN: 1/6/01, p. 4). Indeed, they are certain that all our other senses (like perceived morphology and such) should be overruled and their new evolutionary story accepted over all other stories. Russell Husted […]

    By Science News
  4. Paleontology

    Genes Seem to Link Unlikely Relatives

    Genetic markers on three proteins suggest a common African ancestor for elephants, aardvarks, elephant shrews, golden moles, and other animals.