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Eavesdropping Plants

March 24, 2003

Wild tobacco plants pick up hormones produced by sagebrush and develop defenses against herbivore …

March 21, 2003

Stardust from the atmosphere, tracking earthquakes by looking at leaning trees, and better software …

March 20, 2003

Two fungal diseases threaten the health of banana crops worldwide.

March 18, 2003

Why are eyes wet? (we evolved best to see when they're wet)

March 14, 2003

Just a little daily exercise can prevent weight gain, eating more protein helps dieters, and obesity …

March 13, 2003

rerun

March 12, 2003

The cycle of freezing and thawing of soil arranges rocks in the Arctic into neat patterns.

March 11, 2003

Is it safer to drive on the left or the right side? (It doesn't matter.)

March 10, 2003

Using the shell of the Ebola virus to deliver gene therapy

March 7, 2003

Boy babies complicate deliveries, dads don't babytalk as well as moms, and men tend to blame outside …

March 6, 2003

Why doesn't our moon have a name? (It does: Luna. But we use the Germanic name, Moon.)

March 5, 2003

Genes influence whether mitochondria burn calories for work or for warmth.