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• Hawkmoths use ultrasound to combat bats
• Climate change deniers using dirty tricks from 'Tobacco Wars'
• Antarctic crabs may be native, evidence suggests
• Archaeologists unearth carved head of Roman god in ancient rubbish dump
• Study of mitochondrial DNA ties ancient remains to living descendants
• Spider webs more effective at ensnaring charged insects
• Live fast, die young: Long-lived mice are less active, biologists find
• Earliest evidence of using flower beds for burial found in Raqefet Cave in Mt. Carmel
• Fossil insect traces reveal ancient climate, entrapment, and fossilization at La Brea Tar Pits

Hawkmoths use ultrasound to combat bats Posted: 04 Jul 2013 07:08 AM PDT For years, pilots flying into combat have jammed enemy radar to get the drop on their opponents. It turns out that moths can do it, too.

Climate change deniers using dirty tricks from 'Tobacco Wars' Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:51 AM PDT Fossil fuel companies have been funding smear campaigns that raise doubts about climate change, according to experts.

Antarctic crabs may be native, evidence suggests Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:51 AM PDT A new study has cast doubt on the claim that crabs may have disappeared from Antarctica only to return due to warming seas.

Archaeologists unearth carved head of Roman god in ancient rubbish dump Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:50 AM PDT An 1,800-year-old carved stone head of what is believed to be a Roman god has been unearthed in an ancient rubbish dump in Northern England.

Study of mitochondrial DNA ties ancient remains to living descendants Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:50 AM PDT Researchers report that they have found a direct genetic link between the remains of Native Americans who lived thousands of years ago and their living descendants. The team used mitochondrial DNA, which children inherit only from their mothers, to track three maternal lineages from ancient times to the present.

Spider webs more effective at ensnaring charged insects Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:50 AM PDT Flapping bees build up a charge of several hundred volts, enough to electrostatically draw pollen from a flower. But researchers have discovered a downside to being charged: it attracts spider silk and increases the chance that the bee or any insect will be snared by a web as it passes by. Perhaps, they say, the more flexible silk of an orb's spiral evolved to allow wind and electrostatic charge to improve capture success.

Live fast, die young: Long-lived mice are less active, biologists find Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:46 AM PDT Female mice with a high life expectancy are less active and less explorative. They also eat less than their fellow females with a lower life expectancy. Behavioral biologists reveal that there is a correlation between longevity and personality for female house mice, and a minimum amount of boldness is necessary for them to survive.

Earliest evidence of using flower beds for burial found in Raqefet Cave in Mt. Carmel Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:43 AM PDT The earliest evidence of using flower beds for burial, dating back to 13,700 years ago, was discovered in Raqefet Cave in Mt. Carmel in northern Israel. In four different graves from the Natufian period, dating back to 13,700-11,700 years ago, dozens of impressions of Salvia plants and other species of sedges and mints (the Lamiaceae family), were found under human skeletons.

Fossil insect traces reveal ancient climate, entrapment, and fossilization at La Brea Tar Pits Posted: 03 Jul 2013 07:14 AM PDT The La Brea Tar Pits have stirred the imaginations of scientists and the public for over a century. But the amount of time it took for ancient animals to become buried in asphalt after enduring gruesome deaths has remained a mystery. Recent forensic investigations reveal new insights into fossilization and the prevailing climate at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits toward the end of the last Ice Age.

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