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Are red autumn leaves a warning sign to insects?

Tags: Biology

Red autumn leaves may have a purpose: it could be a signal for insects that a tree can fight them off.

Could Extraterrestrial Genes Be Like Ours?

Computations in thermodynamics suggest that 10 out of the 20 known amino acids that form proteins in life on Earth would also be the same ones used in extraterrestrial carbon-based life.

Tiny built-in cracks stop teeth from shattering

Tags: Biology

Tiny micro-fractures built into teeth suppress larger cracks and helps prevent shattering.

Genetic Compatibility Drives Choice of Mates and Sex of Chicks in Gouldian Finches, Erythrura gouldiae

Tags: Biology

Female Gouldian finches have long been choosing the sex of their chick.

Enter Adam, the Robot Scientist

A robot makes its own scientific discoveries as it designs hypotheses and carries out experiments to confirm them, discovering which genes code for specific enzymes in a species of yeast.

Texas science standards wrapup: Yup. Doomed.

Tags: Biology

While the "strength and weaknesses" clause did not pass with a tied vote, the Texas State Board of Education has still decided to insert language into science textbooks that do not follow the scientific consensus but rather have a religiously motivation.

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