A solitary dung beetle rolls its round cargo across the South African grassland, looking for a suitable place to bury its prize. It quickly distances itself from other beetles at the dung pile and avoids circling back to its original location, all while moving a ball of dung much larger than itself. However, in a […]
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As you walk across campus on a warm fall day, you pass by what looks like a small, bright-yellow chunk of coral rising up from under some mulch. A few days later as you walk the same route — do you remember it correctly, or did that yellow mushroom-like blob move? That blob is no
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Bright blues, radiant reds, and glimmering greens. Thanks to food dyes, we can expect a rainbow of selection each time we enter the grocery store. Not only does the added pigment attract the eye, but it also helps food maintain its shade as it ages as well as produce color-consistency within brands. We can rely
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