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Tiny Wormlike Creature May Be Our Oldest Known Ancestor Mar 29, 2020

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The bilateral organism crawled on the seafloor, taking in organic matter at one end and dumping the remains out the other some 555 million years ago.

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Science News Briefs from around the Planet Mar 28, 2020

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Here are a few brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about the discovery of an intact chicken egg dating to Roman Britain.

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Help Researchers Track COVID-19 Mar 26, 2020

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By entering your health status, even if you’re feeling fine, at the Web site COVID Near You, you can help researchers develop a nationwide look at where hotspots of coronavirus are occurring.

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Sick Vampire Bats Restrict Grooming to Close Family Mar 25, 2020

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When vampire bats feel sick, they still engage in prosocial acts such as sharing food with nonrelatives. But they cut back on grooming anyone other than their closest kin.

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Exponential Infection Increases Are Deadly Serious Mar 24, 2020

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Listen in as I use two calculators to track the difference in numbers of infections over a short period of time, depending on how many people each infected individual infects on average.

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Swamp Wallaby Reproduction Give Tribbles a Run Mar 21, 2020

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They’re not born pregnant like tribbles, but swamp wallabies routinely get pregnant while pregnant.

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Ocean Plastic Smells Great to Sea Turtles Mar 19, 2020

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Ocean plastic gets covered with algae and other marine organisms, making it smell delicious to sea turtles—with potentially deadly results.

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Ancient Clam Shell Reveals Shorter Day Length Mar 17, 2020

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The growth layers in a 70-million-year-old clam shell indicate that a year back then had more than 370 days, with each day being only about 23.5 hours.

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Snapping Shrimp Make More Noise in Warmer Oceans Mar 11, 2020

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As oceans heat up, the ubiquitous noise of snapping shrimp should increase, posing issues for other species and human seagoing ventures.

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Stress from Undersea Noise Interferes with Crab Camouflage Mar 10, 2020

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In an example of how sea noise can harm species, exposed shore crabs changed camouflaging color sluggishly and were slower to flee from simulated predators.

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