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Translucent Frog Optics Create Camo Color Aug 04, 2020

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Rather than undergoing active chameleonlike color changes, glass frogs’ translucency allows light to bounce from their background and go through them—making their apparent color close to their setting.

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Paired Comparisons Could Mean Better Witness Identifications Aug 03, 2020

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Compared with traditional lineup techniques, a series of two-faces-at-a-time choices led to more accurate identification by study witnesses.

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Foxes Have Dined on Our Leftovers for 30,000 Years Aug 02, 2020

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An analysis of fox fossils found evidence that they scavenged from wolf and bear kills until Homo sapiens supplied plenty of horse and reindeer remains.

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Mexico Caves Reveal Ancient Ocher Mining Jul 31, 2020

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Now submerged caves in the Yucatán Peninsula contain remains of ocher-mining operations that date back at least 10,000 years.

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In Bee Shortage, Bubbles Could Help Pollinate Jul 27, 2020

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Soap bubbles are sticky enough to carry a pollen payload and delicate enough to land on flowers without harm.

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Science News Briefs from around the Planet Jul 26, 2020

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Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one about how a lizard population responded to hurricanes by developing larger and stickier toe pads on average.

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Seismologists Find the World Quieted Down during Pandemic Lockdowns Jul 25, 2020

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COVID-19-related lockdowns dampened human activity around the globe—giving seismologists a rare glimpse of the earth’s quietest rumblings. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Old Art Offers Agriculture Info Jul 24, 2020

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Art museums are filled with centuries-old paintings with details of plants that today give us clues about evolution and breeding practices.

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How COVID-19 Decreases Weather Forecast Accuracy Jul 23, 2020

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Meteorologists take advantage of weather data collected by commercial jetliners at different altitudes and locations. Fewer flights mean less data.

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Cricket Avoids Being Bat Food by Doing Nothing Jul 22, 2020

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The sword-tailed cricket can discern bats’ echolocation signals by only responding to calls of a certain volume—at which point it plummets out of their approach.

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