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Braconid parasite wasps and their caterpillar hosts form a unique host-parasite model: the wasps lay their eggs inside the caterpillars and simultaneously inject some viral particles to get around the host’s defenses and control its physiology. The genes from these viral particles have now been identified in the wasp’s own genome.
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New research looks at whether a gene variant may affect the link between migraine and stroke or heart attacks. The study involved 25,000 women who answered a questionnaire about their history of migraines and migraines with aura.
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In the era of global warming, when many scientists say we are experiencing a human-caused mass extinction to rival the one that killed off the dinosaurs, one might think that the discovery of a host of new species would be cause for joy. Not entirely so, says Paul Ehrlich, co-author of an analysis of the [...]
Game theory and insights from cognitive psychology can shed light on the economic choices people and corporations make. With more than 2.5 million observations to analyze — as well as a laboratory recreation of the lottery using numbers 1 to 99–scientists say the results fit extremely well with the original theory. If people were accurately [...]
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Despite frequent warnings of the inadequacy of education in the United States, citizens here are still among the world’s most scientifically literate, according to an expert. You can thank those general education requirements that force English majors to sit through biology classes and budding engineers to read Hemingway, he said.
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Deaf children are able to develop a language-like gesture system by making up hand signs and using homemade systems to increase their communication as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken language.
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Nanofoods for healthier living?
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Nanofoods for healthier living?
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It’s safe to say that humans are smarter than animals, but one researcher is investigating the extent of that disparity in intelligence. And, it may not be as great a gap as you suspect.