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My Bacteria Are Full Jun 29, 2020

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We've been hearing a lot about the importance of gut bacteria to our health. Now it turns out that bacteria also have a say in how and when we eat.

How Insects Drink Jun 26, 2020

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Insects need water. How they get their water depends a lot on their diets. Herbivorous insects get most of their water from their food because plants contain a lot of water.

Evolving Better Eyes Jun 26, 2020

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Although the eye is complicated, biologists still have a good understanding of how it evolved. In modern animals, they have found eyes of all different degreees of complexity.

Tardigrades: Stranger Than They Appear Jun 25, 2020

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Tardigrades are little animals that can survive dehydration, radiation, and survive in outer space without a space suit. As strange as all of the above sounds, they are apparently even stranger.

Recognizing Distant Relatives Jun 23, 2020

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In 2015, a team of European biologists published evidence that Siberian jays can distinguish relatives they've never seen before.

Spiteful Monkeys Jun 22, 2020

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We humans may share around 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees and other simians, but we're still pretty different. After all, we have smart phones, and monkeys have--well--they don't have smart phones.

Think Like A Penguin Jun 19, 2020

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A "niche" is an organism's special "slot" in an ecosystem that allows it to co-exist with other species. It's defined by the resources it needs to survive and the impact it has on its environment.

Driving A Cockroach Jun 18, 2020

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Scientists recently found a way to drive a cockroach the way you might drive a car. They put electrodes in its brain, and by stimulating it in the right places they could move it around like a car.

Drinking And Smoking Jun 17, 2020

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Most alcoholics smoke at about three times the rate in the general population. But a study suggested that what you're dealing with isn't just behavioral--it also has to do with brain chemistry.

Word Up, Brain Jun 16, 2020

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On today's Moment of Science we're going to perform a little experiment in order to learn a little bit about the motor cortex--a strip of tissue running from ear to ear across the surface of the brain that is responsible for controlling voluntary movement.

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