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- Professor wins Ig Nobel Prize for beer, sex research
- Vicious queen ants use mob tactics to reach the top
- Complicated gene networks involved in fly aggression
- Galaxy caught blowing bubbles
| Professor wins Ig Nobel Prize for beer, sex research Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:52 PM PDT The tragic tale of how male Australian jewel beetles became so enamored with brown "stubby" beer bottles that they try to mate with them -- so vigorously that they die trying to copulate in the hot sun. |
| Vicious queen ants use mob tactics to reach the top Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:51 PM PDT Leptothorax acervorum ants' reproductive strategy depends on habitat. Colonies are functionally monogynous (only one queen reproduces) on sun-exposed slopes in Alaska, Hokkaido and the mountains of central Spain. New research demonstrates that queen ants fight by antennal boxing to become the reproductive queen, and that worker ants reinforce queen behavior by feeding dominant females and expelling, or killing, their weaker sisters. |
| Complicated gene networks involved in fly aggression Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:32 AM PDT Put up your dukes. A study of aggression in fruit flies aims to provide a framework for how complex gene interactions affect behavior. And these clues in flies could translate to a better understanding of human genes and behavior. |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT Hubble's famous images of galaxies typically show elegant spirals or soft-edged ellipses. But these neat forms are only representative of large galaxies. Smaller galaxies like the dwarf irregular galaxy Holmberg II come in many shapes and types that are harder to classify. This galaxy's indistinct shape is punctuated by huge glowing bubbles of gas. |
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