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Anthropology: General Offbeat: General Offbeat: Paleontology and Archeology
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'Monstrous births' and the making of race in the nineteenth-century United States      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, 'monstrous births' -- malformed or anomalous fetuses -- w...

Biology: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Geography
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Study gives grandmother gecko a place of honor -- and a new name      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Paleontologists have identified a new fossil lizard, found in the western United States, which they...

Environmental: General Environmental: Water Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Sister climate cities, utility data predict future water, electricity demands      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Modern-day Ciudad Mante, Mexico, could help Tampa, Florida, plan for shifting water and electricity ...

Anthropology: General Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Evolutionary Biology: General Biology: Zoology
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Cell types in the eye have ancient evolutionary origins      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In a comparative analysis across vertebrates of the many cell types in the retina -- mice alone have...

Chemistry: Biochemistry Chemistry: General Physics: Optics
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Pushing back the limits of optical imaging by processing trillions of frames per second      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Pushing for a higher speed isn't just for athletes. Researchers, too, can achieve such feats with th...

Ecology: General Ecology: Research Environmental: Wildfires
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Understanding the many different ways animals are evolving in response to fire could help conservation efforts      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In our modern era of larger, more destructive, and longer-lasting fires -- called the Pyrocene -- pl ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Biotechnology Biology: Botany Biology: General Biology: Genetics Environmental: General
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Sweet success: Sugarcane's complex genetic code cracked      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and ...

Archaeology: General
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Using gemstones' unique characteristics to uncover ancient trade routes      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Gems' unique elemental composition and atomic orientation act as a fingerprint, enabling researchers...