"This simple experiment demonstrates that nest leaving is not caused by parasite manipulation but by the imminence of death, " says biologist Michel Chapuisat of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, who studies the evolution of insect societies.

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Researchers at MIT have recently published an experiment that demonstrates that 4 billion years ago, the planet Mercury may have had an ocean of magma on its surface.

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There is a willingness to experiment with flavours here, as the Basilikumbirne cocktail aptly demonstrates.

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