Aphids’ sticky suicide missions
Aphid soldiers are capable of tissue engineering efforts and even the ultimate sacrifice, researchers find.
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Archive for February, 2009
‘Ghost peaks’ emerge from the ice
Scientists complete their mission to survey Antarctica's Gamburtsev mountain range - one of the most enigmatic mountain groups on Earth.
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Iraq marshes face grave new threat
Iraq's famed southern marshes are shrinking again because of record low rainfall and dam and irrigation systems upstream.
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