Jennifer Chu

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Emerging Science Note/Parroting Elephants

Scientists find that elephant vocalizations are sometimes imitations of other sounds and animal calls.

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Emerging Science Note/Salt-Resistant Rice

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Emerging Science Note/Arctic Shrubs

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Emerging Science Note/Pass the Dustpan

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Emerging Science Note/Regional Quacks

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Emerging Science Note/Ear to the Ground

Scientists look at cricket ears to model new human hearing aids.

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Emerging Science Note/Multi-talented Bacteria

Scientists find that bacteria can not only clean up pollution, but also can produce electricity at the same time.

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Emerging Science Note/Radiohead

Even rockstars get the blues, or in this case, the greens. New research finds the band Radiohead will have to plant tens of thousands of trees to offset the greenhouse gas emissions created from their latest tour.

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Emerging Science Note/A Fish Tale?

Living on Earth’s Jennifer Chu reports on findings that the human parathyroid gland may have fishy evolutionary roots.

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Emerging Science Note/Think Less, Learn More

Living on Earth’s Jennifer Chu reports on a study that suggests concentration isn’t always an advantage when performing simple tasks.