My picks from ScienceDaily

Opposites Do Not Attract, Parrot Study Finds:

A study conducted at the University of California, Irvine, found that a female budgerigar prefers to mate with a male that sounds like her.

Dragonfly’s Metabolic Disease Provides Clues About Human Obesity:

Parasite-infected dragonflies suffer the same metabolic disorders that have led to an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes in humans.

Wild Gorillas Carriers Of A SIV Virus Close To The AIDS Virus:

A recent article in Nature reports the discovery of gorillas living in the wild in Central Africa infected with an HIV-1 related virus, called SIVgor, genetically close to an HIV-1 variant called O found in humans

‘Nymph Of The Sea’ Reveals Remarkable Brood :

Geologists from the United Kingdom and the United States have made an unusual discovery from over 425 million years ago … hard boiled eggs! The scientists discovered the mother complete with her brood of some 20 eggs and 2 possible juveniles inside, together with other details of her soft parts.

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