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'They seemed primed to take over': How the Great Dying...
This excerpt from Michael Mann's latest book looks at the Cambrian explosion, the Great Dying and how dinosaurs were able to take...
Electrifying time-lapse video shows neurons shooting across...
An striking video of developing neurons won the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition.
Green-banded broodsac: The brain-hijacking parasite that...
This parasitic worm crawls into the eyestalks of snails, takes over its brain then pulsates to make the mollusk look like a dancing...
Why is fish so smelly?
Fish smell is from degrading lipids and bacterial reactions that increase in potency over time.
Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a spectacular galaxy...
Arp 107 hosts a special spiraling 'Seyfert' galaxy connected to a smaller galaxy by a 'bridge' of dust and gas.
Prenatal RSV vaccine protects newborns from the virus,...
The CDC recommends a newly approved RSV vaccine be given during the last trimester of pregnancy to protect newborns.
Mysterious and 'beautifully carved' life-size camel carvings...
Life-size carvings of camels have been found in the Saudi Arabian desert, but archaeologists aren't sure who created them and when.
Woman is 1st to survive infection with deadly 'blackleg'...
A woman survived a rare infection that had previously been reported in only two other humans, both of whom died from the disease.
