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  1. Tech

    Plenty of foods harbor BPA, study finds

    Some communities have banned the sale of plastic baby bottles and sippy cups that are manufactured using bisphenol A, a hormone-mimicking chemical. In a few grocery stores, cashiers have already begun donning gloves to avoid handling thermal receipt paper whose BPA-based surface coating may rub off on the fingers. But how’s a family to avoid exposure to this contaminant when it taints the food supply?

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  2. Life

    Bent innards give orchid its kick

    Violent pollen delivery in Catasetum flowers gets its power from temporarily deformed inner strip

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  3. Chemistry

    American Chemical Society meeting highlights

    Read Science News reporters' complete coverage of the recent chemistry conference.

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  4. Nature’s recourse

    How plants and animals fight back when deals go sour.

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  5. Life

    Feud over family ties in evolution

    Prominent scientists dispute kinship’s role in self-sacrifice among highly social creatures.

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  6. Paleontology

    Fossil shows first all-American honeybee

    Nevada find contradicts long-held view of Europe and Asia as the native land of all honeybees.

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  7. Alphabet of Life

    Searching for clues to the genetic code's origin.

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  8. Life

    Jiminy Cricket! Pollinator caught in the act

    Using night-vision cameras, scientists have documented the first example of cricket pollination of an orchid and discovered a new species of the insect on the island of Réunion.

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  9. Life

    Buzzing bees protect plant leaves

    Honeybee air traffic can interrupt caterpillars' relentless munching.

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  10. Life

    Fruit flies turn on autopilot

    High-speed video reveals the aerodynamics behind the insects’ maneuverability.

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  11. Animals

    Swarm Savvy

    How bees, ants and other animals avoid dumb collective decisions

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  12. Life

    A honeybee tells two from three

    Honeybees can generalize about numbers, at least up to three, a new study reports.

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