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Pollinators Shape Plants to Their Preference Mar 16, 2017

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In fewer than a dozen generations bumblebee-pollinated plants were coaxed to develop traits that made them even more pleasing to the bees. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Low Biodiversity Brings Earlier Bloom Mar 15, 2017

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For every two species lost in a grassland, the remaining flowers there bloomed a day earlier—on par with changes due to rising global temperatures. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Early-Life Microbes Ward Off Asthma Mar 14, 2017

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Exposure to specific microbes when an infant is less than a year old seems to have a protective effect against the child's eventual acquisition of asthma.

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(Probably Not a) Giant Alien Antenna Mar 12, 2017

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Astrophysicists propose that mysterious "fast radio bursts" could, in very speculative theory, be produced by an antenna twice the size of Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Jupiter Moon to Be Searched for Life Mar 10, 2017

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If anything's alive on the ice-covered ocean world of Europa, a future NASA mission hopes to find it.

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Teeth Hint at a Friendlier Neandertal Mar 08, 2017

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By sequencing DNA in Neandertal dental plaque, scientists were able to find out about their diets—and their good relations with modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Forensic Science: Trials with Errors Mar 07, 2017

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What appears to be accepted science in the courtroom may not be accepted science among scientists.

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How to Find Loooong Gravitational Waves Mar 06, 2017

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The gravitational waves found last year were short compared with the monster waves that could be turned up by what's called Pulsar Timing Arrays.

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Biggest Rivers Are Overhead Mar 03, 2017

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Atmospheric rivers can carry the same amount of water vapor as 15 to 20 Mississippi Rivers—and deliver punishing winds, too. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Last Woollies Had Mammoth Mutations Mar 02, 2017

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The final holdout woolly mammoths had large numbers of harmful mutations—which would have given them satiny coats and a weakened sense of smell. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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