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Category: 5. Biology
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Coral Reefs Are Quietly Running the Ocean on a Daily Schedule
Coral reefs act like timekeepers for nearby microbes, triggering daily cycles that reshape microscopic life in surrounding waters. These hidden rhythms reveal reefs as active ecosystem engineers—and potential early warning systems for reef…
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Idaho once dropped 76 beavers from airplanes—on purpose
Beavers might rival even the most hardworking corporate employee in productivity…
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Orlando confirms avian flu to blame for Lake Eola swan deaths as toll hits 19
The number of swans that have died in the avian flu outbreak at Orlando’s Lake Eola Park has spiked to 19, city officials said Monday.
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Whales and orcas were carrying viruses no one knew existed
An international research team has discovered two previously unknown viruses in short-finned pilot whales and orcas from the Caribbean region of the North Atlantic Ocean. The group includes students and senior scientists from Arizona State…
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Study overturns long-held model of how plants coordinate immune responses
Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously overlooked early signaling mechanism—according to a new study published in Nature Plants.
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Infant Screen Time Linked to Higher Levels of Teen Anxiety
High levels of screen time before age two is linked to slower decision-making at age 8 and higher levels of anxiety by adolescence. The corresponding study was published in eBioMedicine and presents a pathway…
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The (metabolic) 'cost of life': New method quantifies hidden energy costs of maintaining metabolic pathways
There are “costs of life” that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific biochemical processes active—such as those that make up photosynthesis, although the examples are countless—while…
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How I'm helping rice farmers in India harness the power of fungi in soil
It’s an exciting time to be a microbiologist working in rice research. A global push towards the cultivation of water-saving rice is enabling farmers to harness the power of microbes that thrive in less water.
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New Songbird Species Discovered in Bolivia
Deep in the seasonally flooded savannas of Bolivia, a small, olive-green songbird has been quietly eluding science. Now, after six decades of confusion and misidentification, ornithologists have confirmed that the bird is not just a regional…
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