Learning more about how flu strains evolved may help guide future vaccine development
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Nov 6, 2023, 12:55 pm By NULLHave you ever wondered whether the virus that gave you a nasty cold can catch one itself? It may…City and highway lights threaten mountain lion habitats
Nov 6, 2023, 12:31 pm By NULLCity lights shine all night amid the bustling traffic, businesses and neighborhoods of Southern…Q&A: Growing African vegetables on buildings can save space and feed cities—new study
Nov 6, 2023, 12:27 pm By NULLAs cities grow, more people need food. However, space for farming is limited in cities. Building…Fossil study shows frogs were Florida's first-known vertebrates from the Caribbean
Nov 6, 2023, 12:19 pm By NULLDeep in the forests of Haiti lives the blue-eyed La Hotte glanded frog (Eleutherodactylus…Do racehorses even know they're 'racing' each other? It's unlikely
Nov 6, 2023, 12:01 pm By NULLWhen racing season arrives, everyone becomes an expert on the horses that are the stars of the…How the antioxidant glutathione keeps mitochondria healthy
Nov 6, 2023, 11:31 am By NULLIf a delivery person leaves a package on your front step without pinging you, you likely won't know…How egg cells store proteins for the beginning of a new life
Nov 6, 2023, 11:28 am By NULLWhen mammals have offspring, they invest a lot. Unlike fish or frogs, the embryo cannot develop on…Experiment shows biological interactions of microplastics in watery environment
Nov 6, 2023, 11:28 am By NULLScientists have learned over the years that when aquatic organisms such as zooplankton become…Phytoplankton uptake of mercury controlled by thiols, study shows
Nov 6, 2023, 11:23 am By NULLMethylmercury is one of the chemicals that poses the greatest threat to global public health. People…Study discovers role for gut bacteria in host-pathogen competition for nutrients
Nov 6, 2023, 11:08 am By NULLWhen pathogens like Salmonella invade the gut, a struggle for essential nutrients such as iron…First wireless map of worm's nervous system revealed
Nov 6, 2023, 11:00 am By NULLResearchers have built the first ever map showing how every single neuron in the nervous system of a…Crust-forming algae are displacing corals in tropical waters worldwide
Nov 6, 2023, 11:00 am By NULLOver the past few decades, algae have been slowly edging corals out of their native reefs across the…Genetic analysis shows European wildcats avoided introduced domestic cats for 2,000 years
Nov 6, 2023, 11:00 am By NULLDomestic cats introduced from the Near East and wildcats native to Europe did not mix until the…First interactive enrichment system for giraffes prototyped in Scottish zoo
Nov 6, 2023, 10:40 am By NULLAcademics and zookeepers in Scotland have teamed up to tackle a tall order: designing the world's…Oldest known samples of brittle stars from supercontinent Gondwana discovered in South Africa
Nov 6, 2023, 10:35 am By NULLA small team of paleontologists with members from Rhodes University, in South Africa, the National…The debate over native plants and their cultivars gathers steam
Nov 6, 2023, 10:21 am By NULLResearch to prove or debunk current opinions remains scarce as the debate over whether native plants…Establishing the science of stone walls
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Nov 6, 2023, 10:00 am By NULLScientists from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science recently named a newly discovered species of…
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