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Life

Pythons overtake Everglades

In southern Florida, giant snakes change the ecosystem one meal at a time

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Life

No frostbite for dogs

Blood vessels in dog paws keep their temperature just right

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Life

Fish eyes go green

Scientists find a surprise in the lens of a fish that lives in the dark

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Bloodsuckers get out of bed

Bedbugs have reemerged as a global menace — and they may be lurking in the dark near you

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Life

Weed wars

Farmers fight unwanted plants among crops

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Agriculture
  • Weed wars
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    Farmers fight unwanted plants among crops

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Animals
  • Costs of missing sleep
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    Some fruit flies do fine without sleep, as long as they’ve got enough to eat

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Dinosaurs & Fossils
  • Dino teeth tell a traveling tale
    Camarasaurus was a long-necked, small-headed, plant-eating sauropod that roamed North America 150 million years ago.  Credit: Mario Modesto/Wikipedia

    Dental evidence from sauropods suggests the mighty beasts migrated for food

  • Dangerous dinos in the dark
  • Prehistoric air travel
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Microbes, Fungi & Algae
  • Killing a bacterial killer
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    A common, cheap element offers hope against deadly bacterial infections

  • Glowing, gutsy hitchhikers
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Plants
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    It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch

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