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Pop chirp bite crunch chew
The ultrasonic din of dying trees inspires a new kind of research to save forests from beetle attacks — and battle climate change
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No gene is an island
Even as biologists catalog the discrete parts of life forms, an emerging picture reveals that life’s functions arise from interconnectedness.
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LifeA Most Private Evolution
The most dramatic examples of the power of evolutionary theory may come from the strange and ugly stuff — biology too dumb to have been designed.
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Health & MedicineYou Are Who You Are by Default
A neural network active when the brain is at rest may prove critical to zoning out, a sense of self and envisioning the future.
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PlantsLosing life’s variety
2010 is the deadline set for reversing declines in biodiversity, but little has been accomplished.
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All Patterns Great and Small
Researchers uncover the origins of creatures’ stripes and spots.
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Young’uns adrift on the sea
Scientists try to identify and track elusive larvae in a boundless ocean.
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Infected butterflies reverse sex roles
In butterfly populations afflicted by male-killing bacteria, females gather in frantic swarms to mate.
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AnimalsButterfly ears suggest a bat influence
Researchers have found the first bat-detecting ear in a butterfly and suggest that the threat of bats triggered the evolution of some moths into butterflies.
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MathA frustrating view of complexity
The unifying theme of complex systems, a researcher argues, is frustration.
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MathThe mutual inspiration of art and mathematics
Economics, origami and other fields trigger new and original creations.