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New Beautifully Colored Long-Horned Beetle from Yunnan, China
March 14, 2013 — A new beautifully colored long-horned beetle species, Schwarzerium yunnanum, has been discovered in the Yunnan province, China. Additionally, seven already known representatives of the Cerambycidae ... > full story -
Hovering Is a Bother for Bees: Fast Flight Is More Stable
March 14, 2013 — Bumblebees are much more unstable when they hover than when they fly fast, according to new research. Scientists used a mathematical model to analyze the way bumblebees fly at different speeds, ... > full story -
Behavioral Science
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Social Bees Mark Dangerous Flowers With Chemical Signals
March 14, 2013 — Scientists already knew that some social bee species warn their conspecifics when detecting the presence of a predator near their hive, which in turn causes an attack response to the possible ... > full story -
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Monarch Butterflies Numbers Down Again
March 13, 2013 — Bad news again for the Monarch butterfly: Drought conditions and historic wildfires the past few years continue to decrease their numbers as they wing across Texas this spring. Worse news: milkweed ... > full story -
Predictive Analysis: New Generation of Computational Intelligence Systems
March 13, 2013 — Large parts of our lives are now being monitored and analysed by computers. Log on to Amazon and intelligent data analysis software can recommend a selection of books you might like to read. Far from ... > full story -
Indirect Side-Effects of the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Plants
March 13, 2013 — Genetically modified Bt cotton plants contain a poison that protects them from their most significant enemies. As a result, these plants rely less on their own defence system. This benefits other ... > full story -
Spiders, Not Birds, May Drive Evolution of Some Butterflies
March 12, 2013 — Butterflies are among the most vibrant insects, with colorations sometimes designed to deflect predators. New research shows some of these defenses may be driven by enemies one-tenth their ... > full story -
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How One Insect Got Its Wings
March 11, 2013 — Scientists have delved deeper into the evolutionary history of the fruit fly than ever before to reveal the genetic activity that led to the development of wings – a key to the insect’s ... > full story -
Fukushima, Two Years Later
March 11, 2013 — Two years have passed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which followed the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. One of the world’s foremost experts on the consequences ... > full story -
Novel 'Ultra-Deep De Novo' Assembly Solution for Heterozygous Genomes
March 11, 2013 — Scientists have developed a novel assembly solution for facilitating heterozygous genomes ... > full story
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