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Want to fly? Don't copy the birds and the bees

Want to fly? Don't copy the birds and the bees

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created Jul 06, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 4

Since earliest recorded history, and presumably beyond, humans have always wanted to fly. First attempts involved imitation of winged creatures around them, and unfailingly ended in disaster.





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20,000 cranes take rest in Colorado

Biology /

created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thousands of Sandhill Cranes have converged on Colorado's Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge for a stopover before they head north.


Unusually quiet year for soybean aphids, but don't stop scouting

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Entomologists across the Midwest expected to see soybean aphid outbreaks this year, but aphids have been slow in coming out, according to a Purdue University field crops entomologist.


Feed birds your Christmas leftovers

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created Dec 27, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Christmas dinner leftovers may be beneficial to the birds in the garden, Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said.


Study offers tips on taming the boogie monster

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many parents of preschoolers struggle with their children's fears of real and imaginary creatures. A new study offers some ideas on how they can better manage their children's worries.


New pictures reveal rich Antarctic marine life in area of rapid climate change

New pictures reveal rich Antarctic marine life in area of rapid climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New photographs of ice fish, octopus, sea pigs, giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars that live in Antarctica’s continental shelf seas are revealed this week by the British ...


Microsurgery and Super Glue show how antennae aid moth navigation

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created Feb 08, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Two-winged insects such as houseflies and mosquitoes that are active during the light of day rely on their vision for flight control, but they also get help from organs called halteres, which grow where a second set of wings ...


Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans will be available to view online this Christmas, thanks to a new research project launched by the University of Exeter.


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Bat Love Songs Decoded (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Love songs aren't only for soft rock FM stations - they're also used by romantic bats, and researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin are believed to be the first to decode the ...


Caltech researchers link tiny sea creatures to large-scale ocean mixing

150 years later, Darwin vindicated... by jellyfish: Researchers link tiny sea creatures to large-scale ocean mixing

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Creatures large and small may play an important role in the stirring of ocean waters, according to a study released Wednesday that confirms a theory advanced by Charles Darwin.


Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification

Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world’s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study.



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