Observing the world around us is a natural human instinct, and exploring the realm of the tiny and beautiful is especially captivating…
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Aggregators Can You Image That? Imaging a Cell and Its Proteins Together
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Aggregators Perceiving Is Believing
Do we really sing as well as we all think we do in the shower? Exactly how complex is Mel Taylor’s drumming…
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Featured Image Watch Out, Here Comes the Round Goby: How One Fish Changed the Danube River
As big as a pickle and about as intimidating as one, too, the round goby pictured above doesn’t look like an aggressive…
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Aggregators Bird Enthusiasts & Coffee Aficionados, Unite!
Do you like fancy coffee? Birds do too, but not for the morning pick-me-up that millions of people rely on every day…
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Fun The Balancing Act in Borneo: Managing Deforestation, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Health, and the Value of Rainforests
Borneo: the third largest island in the world, one-third of which is home to 220,000 km2 of diverse and beautiful rainforest. Borneo…
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Aggregators Extra! Extra! Research Making the News in September
As September draws to a close, let’s look back on some of the research that caught the media’s attention, published this month…
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Aggregators Understanding the Science Behind the Marvel: Why is the Río Celeste so Blue?
Recently, PLOS ONE published the science behind the surprising coloration of the river in the photo above. The beautiful, cloudy cyan waters…
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Aggregators DNA Funtime: How to Stretch DNA and Put It Anywhere You Want (sort of)
Ever since the days of Watson and Crick—and Franklin, but we won’t get into that right now—we’ve known that double-stranded DNA’s favorite…
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Fun The Power of the Claw: Not Your Average “Soft” Material
Earlier this month we gave you cuddling between affectionate lions. Lest we become overwhelmed by the desire to cuddle one of these…
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Aggregators Whisker Shape and Orientation Help Seals and Sea Lions Minimize Self-Noise
While it doesn’t always pay to take the path of least resistance, sometimes it’s best to just go with the flow. New…
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Images Lions Like to Cuddle Too
Who doesn’t love a good cuddle? A study published today in PLOS ONE demonstrates that lions are no different than us when…
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Aggregators Predicting Movie Box Office Success Using Wikipedia
It’s Friday evening and perhaps you’re planing to watch a movie, but will the new release you choose be a blockbuster or…