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Is the Key to Saving Pollinators … Bee Semen?

In the hopes of preserving their genetic diversity, entomologists are collecting and freezing this valuable fluid

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Like Humans, Tree Shrews Love Hot Peppers

A genetic mutation prevents Chinese tree shrews from feeling the heat of capsaicin, making them the only other mammal besides humans that enjoys hot foods

Where You Got Your Genes May Surprise You

Horizontal movement of genetic material is widespread across animals, challenging traditional notions of inheritance

Jupiter Officially Has 12 New Moons

The new satellites are mostly tiny and include one oddball that is on a collision course with some of the 78 other moons orbiting the planet

Polar Bear Released Into the Wild by Helicoptor

A marauding polar bear is about to be returned to the the wild, as far away as possible from the town of Churchill. To do that, the conservation team will need to tranquilize him, and then airlift him by helicopter

Humans and Rodents Hate to Admit They've Erred

Rodents suffer from the same sunk cost fallacy that makes it so hard for humans to call it quits

Is the Key to Saving Pollinators … Bee Semen? — Is the Key to Saving Pollinators … Bee Semen?

In the hopes of preserving their genetic diversity, entomologists are collecting and freezing this valuable fluid

National Parks Can Be as Smoggy as Major Cities — National Parks Can Be as Smoggy as Major Cities

And it's scaring away visitors

Like Humans, Tree Shrews Love Hot Peppers — Like Humans, Tree Shrews Love Hot Peppers

A genetic mutation prevents Chinese tree shrews from feeling the heat of capsaicin, making them the only other mammal besides humans that enjoys hot foods

Where You Got Your Genes May Surprise You — Where You Got Your Genes May Surprise You

Horizontal movement of genetic material is widespread across animals, challenging traditional notions of inheritance

Jupiter Officially Has 12 New Moons — Jupiter Officially Has 12 New Moons

The new satellites are mostly tiny and include one oddball that is on a collision course with some of the 78 other moons orbiting the planet

Polar Bear Released Into the Wild by Helicoptor — Polar Bear Released Into the Wild by Helicoptor

A marauding polar bear is about to be returned to the the wild, as far away as possible from the town of Churchill. To do that, the conservation team will need to tranquilize him, and then airlift him by helicopter

Humans and Rodents Hate to Admit They've Erred — Humans and Rodents Hate to Admit They've Erred

Rodents suffer from the same sunk cost fallacy that makes it so hard for humans to call it quits

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