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After New Jersey Floods, Rebuild Or Retreat?
Instead of rebuilding after repeated flooding, New Jersey is offering some homeowners a buyout.
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Not Even The Smallest Are Spared Extinction
Bacteria have been on Earth longer than any of us. And new research suggests that even they suffer from extinction.
How Do ‘Killer Snails’ Kill Their Victims?
Model the hunting adaptations and a rich peptide venom cocktail of predatory cone snails in this exploration of the organism’s structure and function.
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The Genetics Of Becoming An Ant Queen
Scientists found that an insulin-like gene plays a role in determining what ant becomes a queen in a colony.
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This Dust Cloud Has A Silver Lining—Fewer Hurricanes
Why an African dust storm can mean fewer severe storms in the Atlantic.
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Adapt Or Die In The Urban Jungle
Just how and why do city mice and country mice diverge? It’s urban evolution in action.
Shakespeare’s Starlings And The City
Introduced to North America by a Shakespeare enthusiast, starlings become a test case of urban evolution in this excerpt of “Darwin Comes To Town.”
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Massive Toxic Algae Bloom Stinks Up Florida Towns
Foul smelling algae is plaguing three Florida counties, spurred on by billions of gallons of polluted water, rising water levels, and higher temperatures.