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Chilis get hot to kill fungus
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Wild chili pepper plants produce capsaicinoids, the chemicals responsible for the spiciness in peppers, to protect themselves
against fungus attack, researchers report.
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| Elephant seals help survey wintertime Antarctic
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Antarctic researchers have attached environmental sensors to elephant seals and released the wide-ranging predators to roam
under the sea ice in wintertime, providing valuable information on seasonal variations in the sensitive ecosystem when conventional
methods are unable to gather data.
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| DEET smells bad to mosquitoes
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DEET discourages mosquito bites because its smell is repellant to the insects, a new study finds, suggesting the reason why
DEET has had a 50-year run as the primary chemical used to deter mosquito bites.
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