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‘Mysterious’ winged creature rediscovered in Taiwan after 87 years, study says. See it
Miami Herald via AOL· 6 days agoThe Department of Entomology at National Taiwan University has a small museum connected to it. The...
Cicadas could threaten survival rate of trees, experts warn
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCicadas are emerging across Middle Tennessee. Experts with the University of Tennessee said the...
The cicada invasion has begun. Experts recommend greeting it with awe, curiosity and humor
USA Today· 3 days agoMuch of the middle and southern part of the country is bracing for a rare dual-emergence of two...
Are cicadas dangerous to your pets?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIf you have concerns after your pet interacts with a cicada, experts recommend speaking with your veterinarian. Experts have...the sense that the fungus...
Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
Phys.org· 2 days agoIn a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, the researchers measured body mass, local...
Scientists identify ‘degrees of Kevin Bacon’ gene
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMany animals form social groups and behave collectively: Scientists have identified a gene underpinning this behavior in fruit flies and named it after...
Atomic Bombs, Immunopsychiatry, Insect Detectives, And Alien Life: CURIOUS Live Is Back
IFLScience· 18 hours agoCURIOUS Live is back for its first event of 2024. First up, IFLScience writer and producer Rachael Funnell sits down with Annie Jacobsen, reporter and Pulitzer-shortlisted author of Nuclear War: A Scenario.
The wasps that tamed viruses
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“There is a special connection between viruses and these endoparasitoids,” says Julien Varaldi, an evolutionary biologist at Claude Bernard University...
Fleece clothing a "serious pollutant"—it's made of plastic, after all
Boing Boing· 2 days agoMost "fleece" is just extruded plastic filament and its use in clothing is, according to clothing company Patagonia, a serious source of pollution. Washing them turns results in microplastic ...
Exposed to Agent Orange at U.S. bases, veterans face cancer without VA compensation
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoAs a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the...
