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The opening of “the opera” – Act Two in normal terms – had an exquisite trio, sung by Naiad, Dryad and Echo, respectively Mary-Jane O’Doherty, Patricia Orr and Joanne Boag. Illustration by Nathan Mixter – Staff, Photo by Dryad & Sprite Photography – Flickr We’ve wrung hands over the closing of local bookstores, and we’ve lamented the demise of record stores. Many plants can pollinate themselves and reproduce without the aid of a mate, thanks to having both male and female parts.

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Science 330(6003): 493 – 495. http://dx.doi.org/DOI:10.1126/science.1194513 . Study data are available in the Dryad Digital Repository at http://www.datadryad.org/handle/10255/dryad.1888 The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is a nonprofit …
The opening of “the opera” – Act Two in normal terms – had an exquisite trio, sung by Naiad, Dryad and Echo, respectively Mary-Jane O’Doherty, Patricia Orr and Joanne Boag. But the real highlight had to be the slapstick of the commedia dell’arte troupe.
Nov 09, 2010 6:32pm

Death of video stores

Illustration by Nathan Mixter – Staff, Photo by Dryad & Sprite Photography – Flickr We’ve wrung hands over the closing of local bookstores, and we’ve lamented the demise of record stores. But video stores – should we care? Video stores always felt colder, slightly tawdrier, certainly more ephemeral, less lovable. A few years ago, when everyone but Blockbuster itself seemed aware that decline was …
Many plants can pollinate themselves and reproduce without the aid of a mate, thanks to having both male and female parts. But the short-term perks of being able to go it alone come with long-term costs, says a new study in the journal Science. The reason is because plants that can pollinate themselves are more prone to extinction, scientists say.

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