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A new study analyzing two fossilized whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks' teeth lodged inside them. This pro...
A new research chapter suggests that artificial intelligence could help tackle one of the biggest challenges social entrepreneurs face: getting the fu...
A first-of-its-kind University of Stirling study could better inform strategies to control salmon lice, after researchers uncovered major differences...
Emperor cichlids, large fish native to Lake Tanganyika in Africa, don't like being stared at, especially if someone's gaze is directed at their offspr...
Greek mythology has given a name to a great many objects in our solar system. But perhaps one of the least well understood are the Trojans, named afte...
Cells rely on tiny molecules called microRNAs to tune which genes are active and when. Cells must carefully control the lifespan of microRNAs to preve...
Tides not only affect regions along the coast, their periodic fluctuations are carried upstream inland through coastal rivers. River sections particul...
Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth. But if these solid pa...
For over 350 years, quinine and other extracts from the cinchona tree (Cinchona spp.) were the only effective medicines against malaria, a tropical fe...
An interdisciplinary study published in Nature reconstructs over 2,000 years of population history in Argentina's Uspallata Valley (UV), a southern fr...
A new study by University of Vermont researchers finds that a majority of people across the globe favor protecting the environment over growing the ec...
The combination of a beaver-like body and duck-like bill of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is only the first of a long list of strange featur...
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