Rebuilding A Forest? Just Add Termites

If you were to guess which organism might be counted on to restore a plot of destroyed rainforest, termites might not be the first thing that comes up. But one group of Australian researchers say these little wood-eating insects are probably /exactly/ what’s needed to revitalize a wrecked rainforest.

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Scientists Can’t Explain Why Bird Nests Are So Different

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From woven twigs to dugout burrows, nest types seem just as diverse as bird species. And scientists are still trying to figure out all the reasons birds build nests in such a wide variety of styles.

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How to Turn Cancer Into Brain Cells

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Brain cancer, glioblastoma, is super deadly. But what if we could turn those deadly cancer cells into useful brain cells?

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How Onions ACTUALLY Make You Cry (And How to Stop Them)

Scientists had figured out the biology and chemistry of how onions make you cry. But there was one thing they left out: Physics. Using an onion guillotine, they have finally solved the puzzle.

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The Plague Will Probably Return

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Humanity’s relationship with the bubonic plague is over 5000 years old. That’s right, it didn’t just suddenly appear (and then disappear) during the infamous Black Death. In fact, you could still catch The Plague, today! Although the bacteria that cause it could give you a different kind of plague, instead…

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