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Although wood-boring insects might have been its target, the resin would also trap anything else that happened to stumble into it, including small lizards and frogs. Bad luck for them, but extraordinary good fortune for evolutionary biologists. In one major deposit--a site in New Jersey whose location is closely guarded--Grimaldi and a team of volunteers have found nearly 100 previously unknown ancient species of plants and animals. These and other discoveries around the world have given scientists some important insights into the workings of natural selection--how, for example, insects and flowers helped guide each other...
...evolutionary advantage, or it never would have become entrenched. Now Maydianne Andrade, a University of Toronto graduate student, reports in the current Science that she has discovered what it is. A female who is chewing on her boyfriend is distracted and allows him to copulate longer. That lets him deposit the maximum amount of sperm, giving him a better chance of passing along his genes. Beyond that, a sperm-filled female tends to spurn new suitors, ensuring that the suicidal male, not a rival, has the offspring...
Given the probusiness disposition of the G.O.P. agenda--weakening environmental laws or workplace safety regulations, for instance, or making it harder to take manufacturers to court--corporate money probably would have found its way to their side even if the Republicans had done nothing more than leave a night-deposit box on the Capitol steps. But under Gingrich they have been much more aggressive. One of his chief enforcers is majority whip Tom DeLay of Texas, the third-ranking Republican in the House. DeLay is famous around Washington these days for "the book" he keeps in his office. It lists...
Andrews had gone to the American Repertory Theater, where for a $100 deposit, he put together his outfit from the company's extensive costume supply...
Members say that in addition to increased dues and punch fees, the graduate board has proposed a yearly $150 security deposit (which would be redeemed at the end of the school year), in order to lessen the financial difficulties...