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[:es]Male Snakes Cannibalizing Females Present Evolutionary Puzzle[:]

[:es]The Scientist speaks with organismal biologist Xavier Glaudas about possible reasons for his recent finding that male Montpellier snakes cannibalize female conspecifics.[:]
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[:es]Screen of 250,000 Species Reveals Tweaks to Genetic Code[:]

[:es]A massive screen of bacterial and archaeal genomes revealed five previously unknown instances where an organism uses an alternate code to translate genetic blueprints into proteins.[:]
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[:es]Engineered Stem Cells Grant Geckos “Perfectly” Regenerated Tails[:]

[:es]Geckos injected with neural stem cells modified to block cartilage growth developed the skeletal and nervous components normally lacking from regrown tails.[:]
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[:es]Does Biological Sex Influence COVID-19 Outcomes? [:]

[:es]It’s unclear whether differing odds of dying between men and women reflect inherent differences between male and female immune systems or differences rooted in gender norms.[:]
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[:es]Plants Use RNA to Talk to Neighbors [:]

[:es]A study finds that plants sharing the same growth medium can exchange microRNAs that silence genes in the recipient, suggesting the nucleic acids may act as signaling molecules.[:]
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[:es]The Link Between Wandering and Sleeping Minds [:]

[:es]Researchers discover that when the mind wanders or goes blank, some parts of the brain behave as they do during sleep. [:]
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[:es]Falling Water, Rising Rocks, 1834[:]

[:es]Intrigued by an optical illusion he experienced while traveling in Scotland, Robert Addams wrote what is now considered one of the definitive observational accounts of so-called motion aftereffects.[:]
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[:es]Alzheimer’s Risk Gene Paradoxically Protects Against Memory Loss[:]

[:es]A new study links a variant of the apolipoprotein E gene called APOE ε4 to better memory in older age, even in the presence of amyloid plaques—a possible explanation for […]
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[:es]Blind Mole Rats Use Junk DNA to Combat Cancer[:]

[:es]Activation of retrotransposons in the animals’ cancerous cells sets off an innate immune response that triggers cell death.[:]