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Canadian scientists have identified microscopic creatures that are so unlike anything seen before, they had to create…
After not experiencing any meaningful amounts of precipitation for at least 500 years, Chile’s Atacama Desert is…
We humans tend to pride ourselves on our ability to adapt, but bacteria have been beating us at this game for billions…
An international team of researchers has identified a peculiar population of cyanobacteria living within rocks deep…
Our oceans are brimming with microscopic phytoplankton—plant-like organisms that contribute significantly to marine…
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For some, sneaking a mouthful of raw cookie dough while baking is an indelible—and certainly delicious—part of the…
Last year, a team of European researchers was alarmed to learn that glaciers covered in pink snow—caused not by an…
To learn more about why some germs seem harder to kill in near-weightless conditions, scientists aboard the ISS…
There are many mysteries of human biology. Among those perhaps least considered, what do our bodies sound like?
Scientists from the UK caused quite a stir this week, when they announced that we don’t necessarily need to complete a…
HIV transmission is a complex process with factors beyond just who you sleep with and how. The virus ultimately needs…
Every year we go through the same motions: Scientists figure out what the most common flu strains will be, and prepare…
Many animals are good at healing us emotionally, like capybaras and tiny kittens in tiny hats. Regrettably though, if…
What’s a strand of DNA but data? We often think of its units, the As, Cs, Ts, and Gs, as letters of the words in an…
The Greenland ice sheet is vast, majestic, pristine....and peppered with bacteria that seem equipped to survive in…
If the eyes are windows to the soul, they’re open windows, potentially letting in all kinds of unwelcome bugs. To…
Humans will make outer space dirty.
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