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Ecology: Animals
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Flamingos form cliques with like-minded pals - Flamingos Form Cliques with Like-Minded Pals      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Flamingos form cliques of like-minded individuals within their flocks, new research shows. ABSTRACT:...

Ecology: Trees
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Old World flycatchers' family tree mapped - Old World Flycatchers Family Tree Mapped: A Comprehensive Guide      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The European robin's closest relatives are found in tropical Africa. The European robin is therefore...

Mathematics: Modeling Offbeat: Computers and Math
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A butterfly flaps its wings and scientists make jewelry - A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings and Scientists Make Jewelry      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In the 'butterfly effect,' an insect can flap its wings and create a microscopic change in initial c...

Offbeat: Paleontology and Archeology
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Codebreakers crack secrets of Mary Queen of Scots' lost letters - Codebreakers Crack Secrets of Mary Queen of Scots' Lost Letters      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Secret, coded letters penned by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousi...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General
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Cuttlefish brain atlas created - Cuttlefish Brain Atlas Created: A Breakthrough in Neuroscience      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Anything with three hearts, blue blood and skin that can change colors like a display in Times Squar...

Physics: Acoustics and Ultrasound
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The Secret of Swing: Downbeat delays - The Secret of Swing: Downbeat Delays      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Jazz must swing -- jazz musicians agree on that. However, even 100 years after the beginnings of jaz...

Physics: Acoustics and Ultrasound
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Ultrasounds for endangered abalone mollusks - Ultrasounds for Endangered Abalone Mollusks: A Promising Conservation Technique      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The world's abalone are threatened, endangered or otherwise vulnerable in nearly every corner of the...

Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Blowing bubbles among echidna's tricks to beat the heat - Blowing Bubbles Among Echidna's Tricks to Beat the Heat      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Research into how echidnas might respond to a warming climate has found clever techniques used by th...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs - Why Crocodiles Have Remained Unchanged Since the Age of Dinosaurs      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research explains how a 'stop-start' pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change, cou...

Space: Exploration Space: Structures and Features
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NASA's Swift, Fermi missions detect exceptional cosmic blast - NASA's Swift, Fermi Missions Detect Exceptional Cosmic Blast      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers around the world are captivated by an unusually bright and long-lasting pulse of high-en ...

Space: Astronomy Space: General Space: Structures and Features
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Study sheds new light on strange lava worlds - Study Sheds New Light on Strange Lava Worlds      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In a new study, scientists have shown that sweeping molten oceans have a large influence on the obse...

Biology: Microbiology
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Household bleach inactivates chronic wasting disease prions - Household Bleach Inactivates Chronic Wasting Disease Prions      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A 5-minute soak in a 40% solution of household bleach decontaminated stainless steel wires coated wi...