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  Eating Solid Food Early Sets Marmosets on Path to Obesity

  April 10, 2013 — Baby marmoset monkeys that began eating solid food earlier than their peers were significantly more likely to be obese at one year of age, scientists have ... > full story
• Seeds
  Oceanography
  Fisheries
  Fish
  Ecology Research
  Marine Biology
   
  

  Research Enables Fishermen to Harvest Lucrative Shellfish on Georges Bank

  April 10, 2013 — New scientific understanding of toxic algal blooms on Georges Bank, along with an at-sea and dockside testing protocol, has allowed fishermen to harvest ocean quahogs and surf clams in these offshore ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
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  War on Bugs: New Research Could Lead to Better Bed Bug Control

  April 10, 2013 — Genetic analysis of the tiny but tough bloodsuckers reveals a potential biological target for pest control ... > full story
• Language Acquisition
  Child Development
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  Mental Health
   
  

  Young Children Have Grammar and Chimpanzees Don't

  April 10, 2013 — A new study has shown that children as young as two understand basic grammar rules when they first learn to speak and are not simply imitating adults. The study also applied the same statistical ... > full story
• Brain Tumor
  Brain Injury
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  Mice
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  Transparent Brain Using Hydrogel Process

  April 10, 2013 — Combining neuroscience and chemical engineering, researchers have developed a process that renders a mouse brain ... > full story
• Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
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  Extinction
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  World's Oldest Dinosaur Embryo Bonebed Yields Organic Remains

  April 10, 2013 — A 190-million-year-old dinosaur bonebed near the city of Lufeng, in Yunnan, China has revealed for the first time how dinosaur embryos grew and developed in their ... > full story
• Anthropology
  Cultures
  Early Climate
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  Early Humans
  Origin of Life
   
  

  Pottery Reveals Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers’ Taste for Fish

  April 10, 2013 — Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to the findings of a pioneering new study which reports the earliest direct evidence for the use of ceramic ... > full story
• Bacteria
  Microbes and More
  Microbiology
  Extreme Survival
  Dentistry
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  Clinging to Crevices, E. Coli Thrive

  April 10, 2013 — New research helps to explain how waterborne bacteria can colonize rough surfaces —- even those that have been designed to resist ... > full story
• Endangered Animals
  Wild Animals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Animals
  New Species
  Developmental Biology
   
  

  Genome Mapping of Koalas Is Promising Start for Understanding How Koalas Respond to Infectious Diseases

  April 10, 2013 — The "holy grail" for understanding how and why koalas respond to infectious diseases has been uncovered in a world-first genome mapping ... > full story
• Trees
  Apes
  Food
  Insects (including Butterflies)
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  Forest
   
  

  Chimpanzees Use Botanical Skills to Discover Fruit

  April 10, 2013 — Fruit-eating animals are known to use their spatial memory to relocate fruit, yet, it is unclear how they manage to find fruit in the first place. Researchers have now investigated which strategies ... > full story

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