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Evolutionary history and genetic basis of spruce diversification revealed

The genus Picea (spruce) is widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and is a dominant component of boreal and montane forests. Understandin…

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'I heard a barnacle'—how paying attention to nature's background noise can reveal animal secrets

During four days on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, I saw an Olympic marmot, a species found nowhere else on Earth; four bumblebee species working th…

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Cannabis was used as an intoxicant as early as 2,800 years ago

Cannabis is one of the most commonly used psychoactive plants today. However, it is difficult to determine archaeologically how cannabis was used in …

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Linguist to record the magic songs of the Awajún people of Peru

There is magic in the traditional songs of the Awajún, an Indigenous people of northern Peruvian Amazonia. Otago linguist Dr. Simon Overall has been …

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