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Wild bees add about $1.5 billion to yields for just six U.S. crops

Aug 04 2020 6:00 AM

Native bees help pollinate blueberries, cherries and other crops on commercial farms.

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A submerged Inca offering hints at Lake Titicaca's sacred role

Aug 03 2020 7:01 PM

Divers found a stone box holding a figurine and a gold item, highlighting Lake Titicaca's sacred status to the Inca.

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Water beetles can live on after being eaten and excreted by a frog

Aug 03 2020 11:00 AM

After being eaten by a frog, some water beetles can scurry through the digestive tract and emerge on the other side, alive and well.

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Some spiders may spin poisonous webs laced with neurotoxins

Aug 03 2020 8:00 AM

The sticky silk threads of spider webs may be hiding a toxic secret: potent neurotoxins that paralyze a spider's prey.

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Heavy drinking drove hundreds of thousands of Americans to early graves

Aug 03 2020 6:00 AM

From 2011 to 2015, more than 93,000 U.S. deaths per year could be tied to excessive alcohol use, researchers say.

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Hydroxychloroquine can't stop COVID-19. It���s time to move on, scientists say

Aug 02 2020 6:00 AM

Hydroxychloroquine doesn't work as antiviral or a treatment for COVID-19, an abundance of scientific data suggest.

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Jul 31 2020 5:55 PM

A report documenting a COVID-19 outbreak in Georgia hints that children might play a key role in spreading the virus.

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Jul 31 2020 2:00 PM

High-speed 3-D microscopy and mathematical analyses reveal that rolling and lopsided tail flicks keep the cells swimming in a straight line.

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To save Appalachia's endangered mussels, scientists hatched a bold plan
Jul 31 2020 11:00 AM

Biologists have just begun to learn whether their bold plan worked to save the golden riffleshell, a freshwater mussel teetering on the brink of extinction.

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Jul 31 2020 6:00 AM

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Jul 30 2020 2:16 PM

Physicists aim to improve space weather predictions by studying the physical processes that spark a solar flare.

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Jul 30 2020 2:00 PM

Deep-sea anglerfish that fuse to mate lack genes involved in the body's response against pathogens or foreign tissue.

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Many U.S. neighborhoods with the worst air 40 years ago remain the most polluted
Jul 30 2020 2:00 PM

Air pollution has declined in the United States, but marginalized communities are still disproportionately affected despite the improvement.

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The Perseverance rover caps off a month of Mars launches
Jul 30 2020 7:56 AM

With the launch of NASA's Perseverance rover, the rush to the Red Planet is under way.

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An Antarctic ice dome may offer the world's clearest views of the night sky
Jul 29 2020 11:00 AM

The highest point in East Antarctica could be an ideal place for an optical telescope, a new study finds.

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