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| These plants seem like they're trying to hide from people Nov 20 2020 11:00 AM A plant used in traditional Chinese medicine has evolved remarkable camouflage in areas with intense harvesting pressure, a study suggests. READ MORE  |
| Plastics are showing up in the world's most remote places, including Mount Everest Nov 20 2020 11:00 AM From the snow on Mount Everest to the guts of critters in the Mariana Trench, tiny fragments called microplastics are almost everywhere. READ MORE |
| On a cool night in Malaysia, scientists track mysterious colugos across the treetops Nov 20 2020 6:00 AM Our reporter tags along for nighttime observations of these elusive gliding mammals. READ MORE |
| Arecibo Observatory, an 'icon of Puerto Rican science,' will be demolished Nov 19 2020 6:29 PM The telescope, known for cameos in moves like Contact and for fast radio burst observations, was feared to be on the verge of collapse. READ MORE |
| Supercooled water has been caught morphing between two forms Nov 19 2020 2:00 PM A new experiment used ultrafast techniques to reveal high-density water transforming into low-density water at subfreezing temperatures. READ MORE |
| 50 years ago, scientists named Earth's magnetic field as a suspect in extinctions Nov 19 2020 12:47 PM In 1970, researchers saw a link between magnetic pole reversals and extinctions. Fifty years later, scientists have uncovered more suggestive examples but no strong evidence of a direct link.lamb READ MORE |
| Monarch caterpillars head-butt each other to fight for scarce food Nov 19 2020 11:00 AM Video experiments show that monarch caterpillars turn aggressive when there's not enough milkweed to go around. READ MORE |
| Guttural toads shrank by a third after just 100 years on two islands Nov 19 2020 6:00 AM Introduced in the 1920s, toads on two islands in the Indian Ocean have shrunken limbs and bodies that may be evidence that "island dwarfism" can evolve quickly. READ MORE |
| New Pfizer results show its COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective Nov 18 2020 11:34 AM With final results - including showing its vaccine is 94 percent effective in the elderly - Pfizer is poised to request emergency use authorization. READ MORE |
| Ardi and her discoverers shake up hominid evolution in 'Fossil Men' Nov 18 2020 9:00 AM A new book covers the big personalities, field exploits and scientific clashes behind the discovery of the hominid skeleton nicknamed Ardi. READ MORE |
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