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China find sheds light on early diets
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New research shows some bees brace themselves against wind and turbulence by extending their sturdy hind legs while flying. But this approach comes at a steep cost, increasing aerodynamic drag and the power required for flight by roughly 30 percent, and cutting into the bees’ flight performance.
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Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat — the “bird flu” virus — can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost 2 years.
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Using new data and reconstructions of the “Dust Bowl” drought in America during the 1930s, climatologists have shown for the first time a three-dimensional picture of the atmospheric circulation that led to the drought. This will enable climate models to be evaluated and further improved. The scientists hope this work will make it possible to [...]
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People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis — who choose surgical treatment — experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not have surgery, according to a new study.
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