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Surprise! Wax seems key in turning honeybee larvae into queens
Worker bees build some ‘cribs’ with a special wax. It seems to turn larvae into royals — and challenges the idea that royal jelly was all it took.
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Future forensic scientists, get out your corn syrup and red food coloring! It’s time to fake a crime scene.
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Chatty cats and talking dogs could one day ‘speak’ in our language
Scientists are making advances in decoding animal sounds. That might someday make animal translators a possibility.
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King cobras may be riding trains across India [COMIC]
The snakes may be tempted onboard by tasty rodents — but train rides can carry cobras far from their forest habitats.
