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Startling stickiness: how ants and bees adhere with amazing machinery

Startling stickiness: how ants and bees adhere with amazing machinery

Insects stick to surfaces with complex mechanical and hydraulic design
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27 Jan, 2006
Horseshoe crab meets ET?

Horseshoe crab meets ET?

Horseshoe crab meets ET?
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27 Jan, 2006
Mary had a little lamb

Mary had a little lamb

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27 Jan, 2006
Fantastic fibre-optics—sponge’s super spicules

Fantastic fibre-optics—sponge’s super spicules

Fantastic fibre-optics—sponge’s super spicules
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27 Jan, 2006
100 years of airplanes—but these weren't the first flying machines!

100 years of airplanes—but these weren't the first flying machines!

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27 Jan, 2006
Cutting out a useless vestigial argument

Cutting out a useless vestigial argument

Cutting out a useless vestigial argument
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27 Jan, 2006
The world’s smallest compasses

The world’s smallest compasses

The world’s smallest compasses: An amazing discovery of how humble bacteria can sense direction.
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27 Jan, 2006
The magnificent migrating monarch

The magnificent migrating monarch

The magnificent migrating monarch: An electronic design expert ponders the stunning navigational exploits of the monarch butterfly.
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27 Jan, 2006
Dancing bees

Dancing bees

Dancing bees
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27 Jan, 2006
Sylvan symphony

Sylvan symphony

Sylvan symphony: A surprising discovery shows co-operation, not competition, at work in forests.
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27 Jan, 2006
Eating out in Eden

Eating out in Eden

Eating out in Eden: The Bible and diet
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27 Jan, 2006
Wonder Frog!

Wonder Frog!

Gastric brooding frog Rheobatrachus silus has a life cycle impossible for evolution to explain.
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27 Jan, 2006
Charles Darwin vs. the eye

Charles Darwin vs. the eye

Charles Darwin vs. the eye
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27 Jan, 2006
A fishy story

A fishy story

A fishy story
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27 Jan, 2006
God’s little green machines

God’s little green machines

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27 Jan, 2006
Islands’ weeds don’t support evolution

Islands’ weeds don’t support evolution

Islands’ weeds don’t support evolution
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27 Jan, 2006