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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

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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.


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 ...


Bat in flight.

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 (12) | 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.


Corals stay close to home

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The thought of coral reefs tends to conjure up images of tropical vacations, complete with snorkeling among tropical fish in crystal clear waters.


Two of the whales were already dead and the rest were in such poor condition they would need to be put down

Nine rescued whales beach again in Australia

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

All but one of the 10 whales that survived a mass beaching on Australia's west coast were Wednesday believed to have come back ashore and were unlikely to survive, authorities said.



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