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Emerging Science Note/SoyScreen

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on SoyScreen, a sunscreen made from soybean oil and bran.

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Emerging Science Note/SoyScreen

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Animal Note/Tough Love

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Animal Note/Caterpillar Repellant

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Animal Note/Desert Beetle

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on a desert beetle that can teach people a lot about collecting water in a dry environment.

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Animal Note/Hopping to Safety

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on the discovery that frogs use audio cues to flee fire.

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Department B/Animal Note

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on a novel survival technique for a caterpillar — producing its own insecticide.

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Animal Note/Squirrels

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on how Belding’s ground squirrels figure out who’s closely enough related to be worth risking your life for. There’s more than meets the eye to those welcome kisses amongst ground squirrels.

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Animal Note: Musical Fish

Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on fish that can classify music by genre.

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