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Science
Giant tortoises once numbered 250,000 across the Galápagos—centuries of exploitation nearly wiped them out. Here is how scientists are bringing them b...
Science
Your gut and brain are in constant two-way communication through the vagus nerve, immune signals, and neurotransmitters — and emerging research shows...
Science
Scientists have discovered that D-cysteine, a mirror-image form of the amino acid cysteine, can dramatically slow tumor growth while leaving healthy c...
Science
The Mediterranean's great white sharks are critically endangered — fewer than 250 likely remain. Scientists are racing to understand a population that...
Science
Coral bleaching occurs when rising ocean temperatures sever the vital partnership between corals and their food-producing algae, turning reefs white a...
Health
C. difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that hijacks the gut after antibiotics wipe out protective bacteria. Here's how it works, why it keeps comin...
Science
Every amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal alive today — including humans — can trace its ancestry back to an ancient group of fish with mineralized s...
Science
Scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with colleagues from California, have described how the whooping cough bacterium uses...
Science
Rubisco is the most abundant protein on Earth and the engine of all plant life—yet it is surprisingly inefficient. Understanding why scientists are ra...
Science
Scientists have discovered that hundreds of metabolic enzymes reside directly on human DNA inside the cell nucleus, creating unique "nuclear metabolic...
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Cryonics is the practice of freezing legally dead humans at extremely low temperatures in hopes of future revival. Here is how the science works, what...
Science
Alvarezsaurs were a bizarre group of tiny, bird-like dinosaurs with stubby arms and a single giant claw. A near-complete fossil from Patagonia is fina...
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