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Invasive yellow crazy ants create male ‘chimeras’ to reproduce
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 4/6/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 4/6/23

Invasive yellow crazy ants create male ‘chimeras’ to reproduce

This unusual reproduction method may help these ants rapidly spread

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These transparent fish turn rainbow with white light. Now, we know why
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/24/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/24/23

These transparent fish turn rainbow with white light. Now, we know why

Light gets diffracted by repeated structures in the ghost catfish’s muscles

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Two scientists’ trek showed how people of Chaco Canyon may have hauled logs
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/13/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/13/23

Two scientists’ trek showed how people of Chaco Canyon may have hauled logs

The researchers literally put their heads together to solve this transportation mystery

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Scientists have mapped an insect brain in greater detail than ever before
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/9/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/9/23

Scientists have mapped an insect brain in greater detail than ever before

Charting a larval fruit fly’s nerve cells and their connections took 12 years

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The Yamnaya may have been the world’s earliest known horseback riders
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/3/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 3/3/23

The Yamnaya may have been the world’s earliest known horseback riders

Excavated human skeletons indicate that the Yamnaya rode horses around 5,000 years ago

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Medicated eye drops may delay nearsightedness in children
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/27/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/27/23

Medicated eye drops may delay nearsightedness in children

The earlier myopia starts, the worse eye health can become later in life

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Psychedelics may improve mental health by getting inside nerve cells
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/16/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/16/23

Psychedelics may improve mental health by getting inside nerve cells

What matters is on the inside — of neurons

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3-D maps of a protein show how it helps organs filter out toxic substances
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/13/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/13/23

3-D maps of a protein show how it helps organs filter out toxic substances

Changes in pH make the protein open and close in different environments

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How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/9/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/9/23

How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now

A theory proposed by mathematician Alan Turing in the 1950s helps explain the process

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A newfound ‘croakless’ frog may communicate via touch
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/2/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/2/23

A newfound ‘croakless’ frog may communicate via touch

The animal might use spines on its throat to recognize potential mates instead of calls

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Are your cats having fun or fighting? Here are some ways to tell
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/2/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 2/2/23

Are your cats having fun or fighting? Here are some ways to tell

Certain behaviors hint at how your cat feels about its playmate

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These shape-shifting devices melt and re-form thanks to magnetic fields
Science News McKenzie Prillaman 1/25/23 Science News McKenzie Prillaman 1/25/23

These shape-shifting devices melt and re-form thanks to magnetic fields

Gallium plus magnetism equals something straight out of Terminator 2

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