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1,041 results for: Butterflies

  1. Astronomy

    New images and spectra from a rejuvenated Hubble

    Newly released images provide graphic evidence that repairs have transformed the Hubble Space Telescope into a brand new observatory.

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  2. Climate

    Warming has already boosted insect breeding

    Museum records, publications suggest extra generations at same time as temperature increases

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  3. 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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  4. Life

    Artificial butterfly mixes high, low tech

    Model shows importance of wing veins and bobbing flight to keeping swallowtails aloft.

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  5. Math

    Functional Family: Mock theta mystery solved

    Mathematicians have solved a legendary Indian mathematician's final problem.

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  6. Physics

    Smallest laser minds the gap

    The smallest, most efficient laser yet represents a step toward speedier information transfer within computers.

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  7. Animals

    New Butterfly: High-alpine species from low-life parents

    Little bluish butterflies high in the Sierra Nevada could be one of the few animal species to have arisen from crossbreeding of two other species.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Aura origins show the way in epilepsy surgery

    Epilepsy patients who experience multiple auras before a seizure, usually considered poor candidates for corrective brain surgery, might benefit from by a new brain scan procedure.

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  9. Life

    Phony fighters discovered among fig wasps

    A newly discovered species of fig wasp has a fraction of dishonest guys with big mouthparts.

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  10. Evolution’s Wedges

    Finding the genes that drive one species into two.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Residents of the brain

    It's a zoo in there: Scientists turn up startling diversity among neurons.

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  12. Lopped Off

    Removal of top predators trickles through the food web.

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