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What is brominated vegetable oil, and why did the FDA ban...
The FDA will no longer allow BVO in food due to safety concerns revealed in studies.
280 million-year-old swamp monster with 'big, flat toilet...
Giant salamander-like predator that lived 40 million years before the first dinosaurs had huge fangs and sucked up prey with its weird...
The Milky Way will be visible without a telescope this...
Summer is the best time to see the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere without a telescope. The key is to find clear, dark skies...
Long-lost homestead of King Pompey, enslaved African who...
Archaeologists have discovered the homestead of Pompey, a formerly enslaved man from West Africa who was elected "king" by his community...
The gut microbiome has a circadian rhythm. Here's how it...
Daily fluctuations in gut microbes may have a plethora of effects on the body, but many questions remain.
Near-indestructible moss can survive gamma rays and liquid...
This little moss withstands deadly blasts of radiation, extreme cold and dehydration — and could probably survive on Mars.
Bionic legs plugged directly into nervous system enable...
A first-of-its-kind study demonstrated that a new nervous system-controlled bionic leg helps leg amputees walk more naturally than...
Ants perform life saving operations — the only animal other...
Florida ants perform amputations and clean wounds to prevent the spread of infection, scientists discover.
