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Biology: General Ecology: Animals Ecology: Sea Life Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Study uncovers mechanics of machete-like 'tail-whipping' in thresher sharks      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Like Indiana Jones, thresher sharks have mastered the art of the whip using their tails. Now, new re ...

Space: Astronomy Space: Exploration Space: General Space: The Solar System
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Composition of asteroid Phaethon      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Asteroid Phaethon, which is five kilometers in diameter, has been puzzling researchers for a long ti...

Biology: Microbiology
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Flexible tail of the prion protein poisons brain cells - Flexible Tail of the Prion Protein Poisons Brain Cells      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Prion proteins are the infectious pathogens that cause Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease...

Space: The Solar System
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Understanding Mercury's magnetic tail - Understanding Mercury's Magnetic Tail      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Theoretical physicists used simulations to explain the unusual readings collected in 2009 by the Mer...

Biology: General Ecology: Animals Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Males of newly described Australian burrowing scorpions have a big tail to tell      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A study has found some surprising features in two new species of burrowing scorpions, including a ve...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers longer than its body - Fossil Bird with Fancy Tail Feathers Longer than its Body      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution walks a line between favoring traits that make i ...

Offbeat: Paleontology and Archeology Paleontology: Dinosaurs
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Ankylosaurs battled each other as much as they fought off T. rex - Ankylosaurs: Fierce Fighters of the Dinosaur Era      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have found new evidence for how armored dinosaurs used their iconic tail clubs. The excep ...

Offbeat: General
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Sperm adjust their swimming style to adapt to fluctuating fluid conditions      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Sperm can modulate their energetics by regulating their flagellar waveform -- how the sperm oscillat...

Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Egg 'signatures' will allow drongos to identify cuckoo 'forgeries' almost every time, study finds      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Egg 'signatures' will allow drongos to identify cuckoo 'forgeries' almost every time, study finds. A...

Ecology: Animals Environmental: Biodiversity Environmental: Ecosystems
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Use of habitat for agricultural purposes puts primate infants at risk      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among inf...