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Insects are a good source of antioxidants

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It might not be common in the US right now, but eating insects have several benefits and could become more popular in the near future.

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Traveling with zoochory

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Just like animals, plants are driven to reproduce. Find out more about one of their methods of transportation, zoochory.

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The ocean is losing its oxygen

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What do you look for in a home? Even creatures of the sea want to live somewhere nice, and their needs aren’t that different from yours.

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Our fossils of the future

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Our age, the Anthropocene era, is distinctive in many ways. The fossils we leave behind might show this in the future.

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Mammals live longer when they live in groups

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Why do mammals live together? There's some benefits to living with others.

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Surprising Science: How Fungi Can Help Conquer The Final Frontier

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Today's Surprising Science looks at the emerging field of astromycology and how fungi might just hold the key to our space exploration efforts.

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Surprising Science: Bacteria Working As Art Restorers

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Our last Surprising Science took us out of this world to learn more about how scientists determine potentially habitable planets. Today, we’re back on Earth to look at how some of our smallest life forms are impacting the art world.

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The Traveling Lazarus Lizard

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How does introducing a new species impact an environment? The unique case of the Lazarus lizard shows there's more than one possible outcome.

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Surprising Science: Geology In Space

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Scientific breakthroughs can come from some surprising sources. Today's episode of Surprising Science looks at how different branches can create breakthroughs in other fields.

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Surprising Science: How The Film "Frozen" Helped Solve A Cold Case

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Scientific breakthroughs can come from surprising sources. In the second installment of this series, we look at another recent example of this.

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