Research Notes Shifting ground at nuclear waste site The nation's top choice for a nuclear waste repository is more geologically active than expected. Wernicke, B., et al. Anomalous strain accumulation in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada. Relying on geology to jail nuclear waste . The walls of a castle in Israel display the scars of a quake from the year 1202.
Researchers describe the first carnivorous plant known to prey on protozoa.
Barthlott, W., et al. A carnivorous plant acting as a trap for Protozoa. The first of the ultraviolet lovers Plumage differences that show up mainly at ultraviolet wavelengths visible to birds may account for why female blue tits are preferentially attracted to certain males. Andersson, S., J. rnborg, and M. Andersson. Ultraviolet sexual dimorphism and assortative mating in blue tits.