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Meselson and these scientists acknowledge that the bee theory does not fully explain all parts of the chemical warfare riddle, among them persistent refugee reports of yellow rain, and illness and death associated with yellow rain: the discovery of trichothecene mycotoxins in alleged samples of yellow rain, as well as...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: Pushing For Proof | 7/26/1983 | See Source »

As entomologists acknowledge, no one can get an accurate scientific count of mosquito populations. Nor does the plague seem to be universal. In Illinois and Indiana, wasps and bees are beginning to appear in large numbers, but residents in those states, as well as in some Mid-Atlantic areas, are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Bugs Are Out There Biting | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

Current research has focused on the use of tools by animals as a signal of intelligence. Chimpanzees, for example, get at termites by jabbing their nests with twigs. The assassin bug of South America, also a termite fancier, approaches its prey by gluing nest material on its back to serve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Birds May Do It, Bees May Do It | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Nevertheless, there are examples of behavior suggesting that animals can process information and make judgments. Gould points out that honey bees, fed sugar water that is gradually moved away from the hive, anticipate where the food will be placed. Seagulls break open shellfish by dropping them on hard surfaces, flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Birds May Do It, Bees May Do It | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Someone on cellblock B struck a five-string banjo and began to sing: 'I got those cellblock blues/ I'm feeling blue all the time/ I got those cellblock blues/ Fenced in by walls I can't climb. . .' He was good. The voice and the banjo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huntsville Unit | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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